Click above for 26 minutes of intelligent contemplation. Neuroscience meets environmentalism. He was a New York Times science writer, then the author of one of the most influential nonfiction books of recent decades. Now, he is the gift that keeps on giving:
One way a systems perspective could help with the environmental crisis is through understanding that we have a very narrow range of affordances, the choices presented to us. Continue reading
To do what we do, at Raxa Collective, and to do it well, and to succeed, requires alchemy. We are neither sure we are doing it, nor how to do it, nor whether it can be explained; thus, alchemy. No formula. For those of us with management education, of a certain age, there was a certain author who brought alchemy closer to theory, and so closer to the grasp. A conceptual grasp more often than an actual grasp. Mastery? Not even close. But try? Yes. In the beginning it was all about emotional intelligence, but expanded in interesting directions to now include even ecological. Important ideas. Powerful tools. In the current Education section of the New York Times, a small dose that helps understand why:
How to Be Emotionally Intelligent
By DANIEL GOLEMAN
What makes a leader? Knowledge, smarts and vision, but also the ability to identify and monitor emotions and manage relationships.
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