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Gurteen Knowledge Cafe: Human Will and Human Won’t
Last night’s Gurteen Knowledge Cafe was full of fascinating conversation from the word go. Kate Hopkinson led the discussions on “Human Will and Human Won’t”, diving straight in with little introduction posing two questions: “What do you believe helps motivation and cooperation and what suppresses or impedes it?” The group on my table began with [...]
An engaging Tuesday…
Two engagement events on Tuesday: one highlighting the need for evolutionary change, the other examined the problems managers face every day. Not many people get to travel to the top of the BT tower, which might partly explain why Tuesday afternoon’s Gurteen Knowledge Café was so heavily oversubscribed. Add Dave Snowden speaking about complexity and [...]
Imprinting failure to succeed
“When Arthur had been a boy at school, long before the Earth had been demolished, he had used to play football. He had not been at all good at it, and his particular speciality had been scoring own goals in important matches. Whenever this happened he used to experience a peculiar tingling round the back [...]
Why we must take risks: success from uncertainty
The article most recommended by Harvard Business Review readers last year was an interview with Ed Catmull of Pixar, the animation company behind Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and WALL-E. Catmull talks about a studio head who thinks his problem is not in finding people, but ideas. [...]
‘I must accept your first answer…’
I came across a fascinating example of counter-intuitive reasoning this morning after bumping into another father from the Cambridge parents’ network as we travelled into London. My friend has recently taken over the chair in Operations Research at the London School of Economics and since it’s over 20 years since Operational Research featured in my [...]
Ticking the KPI boxes for all the wrong reasons
Reading Tony Quinlan’s observation about how organisations need diversity while managers actively seek to stifle it, I thought perhaps we should start collecting management sins. There are similar problems with the setting of conflicting KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). Some managers who are rewarded for reusing existing ideas which save effort, a typical organisational approach aimed [...]
Gurteen Knowledge Cafe: An evening exploring Quality Conversation with Ray Shaw
I’m looking forward to tonight’s Knowledge Cafe. Not only do I have no idea what to expect from the event, but it’s another opportunity to return to an area of London I used to know very well. Walking towards the London Development Agency’s office across Blackfriars Bridge, I notice both The Coat and Badge and [...]
Why I’m learning chess
When I was a teenager, my aunt bought me a flat, magnetic travel chess set. I often played against friends at school during registration. It’s always been a disappointment to me that I didn’t acquire a deeper understanding of chess. I assumed a talent for the game depended on the ability to think some number [...]
Cognitive Edge accreditation – Day 3
It seemed lighter when I woke up this morning. And the birds were singing, which I didn’t notice yesterday until I was ready to leave. I am contemplating relaxing for longer while waiting for my alarm when a sickening feeling hits me. I reach for my phone, which I’ve left plugged in and charging all [...]
Cognitive Edge accreditation – Day 2
Day two and I am on schedule, catching the 6:42am train and settling down with an episode of “Cold Case”. The journey is trouble-free and I collect a coffee en route to the London Wetlands Centre which looks cheerier under blue skies. Social Network Stimulation The morning session begins with some commentary on natural numbers [...]
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