- Neil Perkin points to research suggesting much of popularly accepted psychological research is limited by the worldview of western industrialised democracies and misleads us about how the wider world population thinks.
- via @boetter
- A clear guide to the 'Dynamic Facilitation' process originally developed by Jim Rough. Not my normal style of working but it has a lot going for it especially in terms of allowing connections to emerge without forcing, and (IMHO) a more permissive approach than brainstorming.
- “Until six months ago I was clinging to the idea that printed books would likely last for ever. Since the arrival of the iPad I am now wholly convinced otherwise. “The printed book is about to vanish at extraordinary speed. I have two complete OEDs, but never consult them – I use the online OED five or six times daily. The same with many of my reference books – and soon with most. “Books are about to vanish; reading is about to expand as a pastime; these are inescapable realities”" via Preoccupations
- I'm always wary of people who suggest you might regret things when you're dying. I say I plan to be too busy dying to have time for regrets. But this article makes me think again.
- Antony Mayfield reflects on his experience of being conventionally published and the alternatives
- "Wearing counterfeit glasses not only fails to bolster our ego and self-image the way we hope, it actually undermines our internal sense of authenticity. “Faking it” makes us feel like phonies and cheaters on the inside, and this alienated, counterfeit “self” leads to cheating and cynicism in the real world." Some interesting comments too. Via Andrew Sullivan's blog.
Conversational leadership
David Gurteen tweeted this interesting article (pdf): Conversational Leadership: Thinking together for a change It makes a lot of sense to me pushing for a
