I hate meetings. Most are a colossal waste of time. If you are going to have one, however, it helps to have an agenda. If you're interested in using the meeting to prepare for the future; identify unexpected problems or spark creativity, one item I'd encourage you to put on the agenda is unlearning.Here are [...]
The following quote is from Hugh MacLeod’s new book Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity. This is Rule 17: The World is Changing: “Some people are hip to it, others are not. If you want to be able to afford groceries in five years, I’d recomend listening closely to the former and avoiding [...]
The following quote is from Hugh MacLeod’s new book Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity. This is Rule 17: The World is Changing:“Some people are hip to it, others are not. If you want to be able to afford groceries in five years, I’d recomend listening closely to the former and avoiding the latter. Just my [...]
Unlearning often begins with a new question. For a couple of wonderful examples, I'd invite you to read two recent articles. The first is from Seth Godin and he asks: Who do you work for? (And who works for you?) The premise of his question is that we should all re-think our relationship with our [...]
Have you ever been at a stoplight when the person in the car in front of you didn't move when the light turned green? It's happened to me on numerous occasions and my natural inclination is to not only lay on the horn but to think unkindly of the person in front of me. In [...]
There is a quote on unlearning that reads: "We should teach our children nothing which they shall ever need to unlearn." I think (but I don't know for sure) that I understand the sentiment behind the quote. Still, I fear the idea is badly misplaced. Rather than assuming we can know in advance all the [...]
Nicholas Christakis provides a fascinating look at the powerful role social networks play in a range of human behaviors, including obesity, smoking, drinking, divorce as well as a range of emotions such as happiness and sadness. There is much to admire about the presentation but as someone who is always striving to unlearn, I love [...]
On this day in 1947, the sleek Italian racing car named for its developer, Enzo Ferrari, made its racing debut. Since that time, Ferrari’s have continued to improve and get better. With this little history lesson in mind, I encourage you to watch this video of a robotic car executing a nearly flawless “sliding park” [...]
This past weekend as I was driving through an old neighborhood of my youth I saw that a giant new "Container Store" had been built. (That's the name of the store, "The Container Store.") It occurred to me then that if one of my grandparents, who had lived through the Great Depression, have seen the [...]
Some people never set sail because they are convinced they have already arrived. This is true in both the big and the small things in our lives. I was reminded of this fact after reading this fascinating article in the New York Times magazine, The Data Driven Life. The story is chalkful of examples of [...]
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