I’ve just been on the bus. I’m not a frequent traveller on the “Number 59, Lime Line” – circumstances of my life only; my city has an award-winning bus-service of which it can be proud. A few seconds into the journey, an announcer’s voice came through the very sophisticated tannoy system (this bus has green… Read More Ding ding . . .
In a series well worth listening to on BBC Radio 4, Farrah Jarral studies the history of anthropology, and in one particular episode suggests that anthropology has come a long way since its roots studying distant tribes; in short, anthropology is everywhere. Farrah interviews Professor Lucy Suchman, of Lancaster University, who describes the important shift… Read More Feeling judgement . . .
I can’t pretend that what you read below is my idea. Oh no, I’m far too stupid. But Professor Robert Sternberg and friends at Cornell University aren’t. They campaign for a new kind of education that teaches people how to think more effectively, and in a way that’s useful for the rest of life .… Read More Thinking for life . . .
“Ask a Question” # 6 A series of 10 weekly questions. Use them kindly, always to help. For you, for someone you care about. Questions aren’t in order – use them when they feel right to ask. Print them out, cut them out, keep them close. The power of a simple, insightful, open question? Amazing!
Shared with me by a lovely friend whose people skills are wonderful . . .
So, cognitive bias . . . thinking errors that we make when we’re processing information. Errors, apparently, that prevent us from seeing things clearly, from understanding the facts . . . even when the obvious, the undisputed evidence, is shouting at us from close range. I’ve put together a list. Indulge me please – it’s… Read More Do you see what I see?
Worked out what you want to be yet? A lovely story of what might be.
In 1990 Adrian Hosford told his colleagues that their company was NOT in the telephony business. An odd statement, you might think, from the then Director of Communications for BT. So, if not telephony, what exactly was their raison d’être? Allegedly, it was ‘Reciprocated Confidences’ – the exchange of ‘confidences’ between human beings, leading to… Read More The Bawtry Monolith . . .
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