Comments on: Test of Time http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2009/02/test-of-time/ News and reflections about emotional intelligence and creating positive change - at work, school, and home. Blending neuroscience, psychology, learning and change, these articles blend practical advice with current science. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joshua Freedman http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2009/02/test-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Joshua Freedman Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:22:21 +0000 http://www.6seconds.org/blog/?p=413#comment-813 Hi Jeff - Intriguing, I hadn't though about that angle - that as the "speed of change" increases, the "test of time" becomes shorter... and while we innovate quickly, we loose perspective that comes from the thread of history. Perhaps the faster we go, the more urgent it is that we learn to step back just for a moment... Hi Jeff –

Intriguing, I hadn’t though about that angle – that as the “speed of change” increases, the “test of time” becomes shorter… and while we innovate quickly, we loose perspective that comes from the thread of history.

Perhaps the faster we go, the more urgent it is that we learn to step back just for a moment…

]]> By: Jeff Waldman http://www.6seconds.org/blog/2009/02/test-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Jeff Waldman Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:39:57 +0000 http://www.6seconds.org/blog/?p=413#comment-812 Josh, I think this is a very thought provoking post. The few things that come to mind when you ask this question. As we all know, the economy peaks and valleys in cycles, and of course we never know when the valley will start or when the peak will end, and vice versa. But, we know that the cycle will happen eventually... I honestly believe that the work we do today as professionals have some relation to previous work done before, whether it be 5 years ago, 10 years ago or longer. I think that it is getting more and more difficult to see the linkages between what we do now and what happened many years ago because of one primary reason, that being the speed of change. Things change so rapidly today so it's safe to assume that people don't have the time to sit down and think through these types of things because they're already moving onto the next piece of work, next fad, next phenomenon and so forth. Perhaps I missed the point of your post but this is my interpretation and immediate thoughts. Josh, I think this is a very thought provoking post. The few things that come to mind when you ask this question. As we all know, the economy peaks and valleys in cycles, and of course we never know when the valley will start or when the peak will end, and vice versa. But, we know that the cycle will happen eventually… I honestly believe that the work we do today as professionals have some relation to previous work done before, whether it be 5 years ago, 10 years ago or longer. I think that it is getting more and more difficult to see the linkages between what we do now and what happened many years ago because of one primary reason, that being the speed of change. Things change so rapidly today so it’s safe to assume that people don’t have the time to sit down and think through these types of things because they’re already moving onto the next piece of work, next fad, next phenomenon and so forth.

Perhaps I missed the point of your post but this is my interpretation and immediate thoughts.

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