Whether you are in the northern or the southern hemisphere, September seems to be a month that foretells not only a change of seasons but also possibly bigger changes as well. Personal changes. For every New Year’s resolution that I have...
“What we need now is a different kind of education,” says Pasi Silander, the development manager in Helsinki, Finland. He adds that education should now be aimed “to prepare people for working life.” The changes in education in Finland were...
In 1990, Robert Fulghum had a surprise hit book. It was a list of simple rules for living that he called All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things. The book is still available, but quick summaries can be found online, such...
From time to time, I plan to do a quick tour of links that provoke (at least for me) some moments of surprise, alarm or pause. Many of the points I present under this banner (At The Speed Of Next) could easily be news items or stimulating ideas for which I have more...
Decades ago, Peter Drucker pointed out the arrival of what he called “knowledge workers”, whom Drucker suggested might need to be thought of more as volunteers than workers. Despite this early understanding — foresense — of where things were headed, many...
