Our metaphor for describing relationships have been shifting from the centuries old Tree linkage (think of family trees: this comes from that) to a more modern Network linkage (shows the multiple connections between elements: this is connected to these). Lima ties this knowledge shift with art.
Category: Viewing
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Roselinde Torres: What it takes to be a great leader
Despite a dramatic increase in leadership training, Torres notes a widening gap between leadership needs and candidates to fill those roles. She then proceeds to give suggestions on correcting these training issues.
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Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory
The experiencing self is what we report during an experience which can be quite different from how we remember something. Consider that last time you heard, “It ruined the whole experience.” The experience, as Kahneman points out, was still good but the memory of the experience has been ruined. Kahneman presents his findings on the interactions between our actual experiences and our memory of those experiences.
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Margaret Heffernan: Why it’s time to forget the pecking order at work
What happens when you collect the most productive chickens together generation after generation? They kill each other. Heffernan opens with this sobering anecdote. She then follows her story with studies that show that the key to improving productivity is social connectedness, even above individual intelligence.
Margaret Heffernan: Why it’s time to forget the pecking order at work
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Ricardo Semler: How to run a company with (almost) no rules
“How do you setup for wisdom?” This is a poignant question that Semler’s company asked in order to help ensure they were managing the company as effectively as possible. He advocates a highly decentralized management structure, one in which employees have access to all needed information, not just to perform their just but also to improve the business as a whole.
Some of his core principles are:
- Taking advantage of life now, instead of waiting until later
- Businesses should remove silly rules that do not matter (like clock in and out times, dress codes and such)
- Seek wisdom and welcome challenges to the status quo
- Give power to everyone, they can make the rules theirs