Category: design

Mindfulness resources

Image via Wikipedia in class discussion, mindfulness came up. here are some resources i have used for years to work on my own “practice of mindfulness” excellent audio CD on proper breathing: a gateway to mindfulness http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Cohens-Guide-Healthy-Breathing/dp/1591794412/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270921310&sr=8-7 visualization techniques and meditations i have been using for years http://www.amazon.com/Qigong-Meditations-Ken-Cohen/dp/1591794358/ref=pd_sim_b_1 Eckhardt Tolle is a recently popular “mindfulness” guru, but […]

A reflection on entreprenurial spirit and stability operations, and engagement areas in nation-building

Image via Wikipedia Thoughts while TDY: action learning: a discipline/focus on actionable learning (see Lewin, Schein…) Planning: we seek to understand so that we can act Design: we act, iteratively, on the basis of fundamental principles, in order to learn we live life forwards, but understand it looking backwards we build nations and stabilize societies […]

Preview of Professor Mike Wesch’s symposium on Mediated Culture/Mediated Education

Image via Wikipedia Professor Mike Wesch‘s visit on 5 April 2010 is a really big deal. Here are a few points of interest  for those interested in exploring his work before the symposium on Mediated Culture/Mediated Education He is a profound thinker, and a genuinely nice person. His insights have important implications for our leaders in […]

A reflection on Hunt’s “Leadership: A new synthesis” (1996)

Image via Wikipedia remember that Hunt is writing his synthesis in 1996, and he comes from the leadership discipline, not education or cognitive neuroscience. He is good when it comes to synthesizing existing literature, but his excursions into the future of “what-if” are not very convincing. There has been a lot of important work done […]

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