Category: Life Ideas
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“it’s a walk in the park”
“It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery” The phrases “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery” are commonly and interchangeably used for tasks or concepts that are easy Using such phrases suggests that both specialties are put on a pedestal of being difficult or requiring exceptional cognitive abilities Whether they are…
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Bernard Haitink – The orchestral master in “magic of true leadership”
Next to information sciences, I’ve also a passion for orchestral music.As such, I feel sad about the end of a living legend. Luckily, the recordings will remain, and I had the pleasure to attend (at the BPO concert hall) his last performance of Bruckner 7 with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductors have the great power of…
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Can we get human nature right?
For years, I have the pleasure to follow the great blog site of Deric Brownd. I would like to share with you this post on the recent perspective on ‘Can we get human nature right?‘. Iris Berent does an interesting Perspective artice in PNAS that considers the strong intuitions that laypeople hold about human nature. People’s attitudes…
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We do not only need multi-stakeholder, there is also an urgent need to reflect about future generations: “Being a Good Ancestor.”
I just finished a nice reading on how we might motivate ourselves to think about a sustainable future. “The Good Ancestor” from Roman Krznaric is great in helping us to understand the urgent need to stop living in the tiranny of the now, and working toward long term thinking and intergenerational justice. Roman has strong…
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The most interesting design problem is your life.
This blog is based on “How to use design thinking to create a happier life for yourself“, which combines the great tools and mindset of design thinking for making life choices. At Stanford, Dave Evans and Bill Burnett teach a class called “Designing Your Life,” which led the book Designing Your Life, Designing Your Work Life and a…
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