What is mood affiliation?
Mood affiliation was a concept I first coined to refer to people who judge arguments by the mood of the argument. So there are some… Read More »What is mood affiliation?
Design Matters (3): Ingenious board game tile holder and embodied memory
Ingenious is the name of the game – it’s good. The design feature shown here is such a simple thing: you are allowed 6 tiles… Read More »Design Matters (3): Ingenious board game tile holder and embodied memory
Not long ago; or, Little by little (6): New York Tenement, 1889
This photo of crowded living conditions in New York is from an interesting article by Theo Mackey Pollack in The American Conservative. See also: Little… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (6): New York Tenement, 1889
The Office of Strategic Services (1944) on how to sabotage your organisation through bureaucracy
I stumbled across the OSS Simple Sabotage Field Manual on Project Gutenberg and had to give it a skim. (The OSS was a U.S. intelligence… Read More »The Office of Strategic Services (1944) on how to sabotage your organisation through bureaucracy
Spot check: what have you made better?
Here’s a quick way to take the temperature of your own effectiveness and that of your organisation: list the things that you’ve improved recently, and… Read More »Spot check: what have you made better?
What prompts vision for change? What drives us to action? What happens next?
Discomfort drives vision I think reality is what prompts our vision. More specifically, reality causes discomfort of some kind, which in turn creates a desire… Read More »What prompts vision for change? What drives us to action? What happens next?
Past / Prologue
Antonio:We all were sea-swallow’d, though some cast again,And by that destiny to perform an actWhereof what’s past is prologue, what to comeIn yours and my… Read More »Past / Prologue
Recommendation: Paul Romer on progress, economic growth and combinatorial innovation
To understand how persistent growth, even accelerating growth is possible, it helps to step back and ask where growth comes from. At the most basic… Read More »Recommendation: Paul Romer on progress, economic growth and combinatorial innovation
Tyler Cowen on Talent (3): The Eye of the Tiger (with Gregory Washington)
Gregory Washington: When I interview people, when I look for people who are going to be part of a team that I’m managing or leading,… Read More »Tyler Cowen on Talent (3): The Eye of the Tiger (with Gregory Washington)
Anna Gát on Not Disappearing and other things…
This is worth checking out. Here’s a snippet: I grew up in a show business family in Eastern Europe, and at a very young age… Read More »Anna Gát on Not Disappearing and other things…