Odd – CulturalOffering.com
Reflection on the role and limitation of government from Thomas Sowell, via Kurt Harden’s excellent blog, culturaloffering.com. Technorati Tags: Cultural Offering,Kurt Harden,Thomas Sowell
Major and Minor Keys – Steven Pressfield
… in films, writing, speeches and life. A great post from Steven Pressfield. Technorati Tags: Steven Pressfield,Writing
The Ruritanian Trappings of Statehood
The Economist’s leader on Catalonian independence, Umbrage in Catalonia, (published before Catalonia’s poll on Sunday) makes fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in this forthcoming referendum on Scottish Independence. There are both parallels and points to ponder. Two richly memorable phrases stick in mind. The first, from the pen of the Economist’s leader writer, […]
Genius vs. Talent – Daniel Pink
Blog post from Dan Pink on Scientific American’s issue on Genius. Worth it for a couple of perspicacious quotes, of which this is from Arthur Schopenhauer: “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.” Technorati Tags: Daniel Pink,Scientific Anerican Mind,Genius
Face – eclecticity.com
A beautiful image from eclecticity.com… Serendipity or careful placing? Technorati Tags: eclecticity.com,art,photography,leaf,lips
Interim Contracts
Life can be fraught for anyone on the sovereign professional path. Issues around legal status and contracts are a regular headache and interim managers – whose status is too often an unnecessarily grey area in the minds of hirers, commentators and tax collectors – suffer particularly badly. This should help. The Institute of Interim Management […]
I blame that Rorschach guy …
Lovely cartoon from Nicholas Bate at Strategic Edge: Made me laugh. Technorati Tags: Nicholas Bate,Strategic Edge,Rorschach
I blame that Rorschach guy …
Lovely cartoon from Nicholas Bate at Strategic Edge: Made me laugh. Technorati Tags: Nicholas Bate,Strategic Edge,Rorschach
Future of Healthcare – CulturalOffering.com
A great find from Kurt at Cultural Offering: the future of healthcare from a firm called Scanadu. It reminds me of the telehealth work that UK firm Cogent Healthcare are embarked upon. Cogent’s approach is massively scalable telehealth solutions addressing the management of long-term conditions like COPD, dementia etc. By contrast, scanadu’s solution looks more […]
Steinbeck on Writing
Via Michael Wade at Execupundit, John Steinbeck’s advice and reflections in writing, especially short stories. Technorati Tags: John Steinbeck,Writing,Michael Wade,Execupundit