“Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars.” Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his […]
Archives for December 2014
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
– Oliver Sacks
December 22, 2014 By
“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.” In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of […]
The Surprising Science of Happiness
– Dan Gilbert
December 20, 2014 By
From TED.com Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong — a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness. Why you should listen Dan Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most of us […]
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Part 2) – Gail Sheehy
December 14, 2014 By
[ READ Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Part 1) – Gaily Sheehy HERE ] To make the life stages easier to grasp, Sheehy’s innovation was to break them down into easy-to-understand decades. The Twenties In our 20s, we have to work out our path in life, whatever ways of being or doing give us […]
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Part 1) – Gail Sheehy
December 13, 2014 By
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” At last, this is your story. You’ll recognize yourself, your friends, and your loves. You’ll see how to use each life crisis as an opportunity for creative change — to grow to your full potential. Gail Sheehy’s brilliant road map […]
Thinking about the Future, Guidelines for Strategic Foresight –
Andy Hines and Peter Bishop
December 1, 2014 By
Thinking about the Future distills the expertise of three dozen senior foresight professionals into a set of essential guidelines for carrying out successful strategic foresight. Presented in a highly scannable yet personable style, each guideline includes an explanation and rationale, key steps, a case example, and resources for further study. The 115 guidelines are organized […]
