I just returned for an exciting launch of Six Seconds Middle East in the burgeoning business center of Dubai. Incredible successes there, astounding building and innovation — now time to be as innovative at developing human capacity. Here’s an interview from the evening news:
Left Kuala Lumpur today for Macao – then took the ferry to Hong Kong. Am I in a James Bond movie or what?? Only this time the bad guy has an evil plot to create a world where people are cogs who shop instead of talk, and drown their loneliness in mindless TV and brutal [...]
Due to the foibles of flight schedules, I had some unexpected downtime in DC, and found myself wandering the Mall. I don’t think I’ve been here since I was in eighth grade, and it made a very different impression on me now. I suspect that the first time, I was much more concerned about the [...]
The Global Oneness Project is a wonderful web-based video initiative exploring how the simple notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.They are traveling the globe interviewing creative and courageous people who base their lives and work on the fundamental understanding that we are all connected and thus bear great responsibility for each other [...]
Human Rights Posters This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, and Designmatters is commemorating with a public education exhibition at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris as part of the annual UN Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Conference.The posters were designed by a hand-picked team of students at the Art Center College of Design [...]
One of the most difficult things these days is to establish some truths about the state of the world. What really is happening? I read so many research papers, books and news stories simply in an effort to keep up and try to get a proper, realistic view…. an in-depth, informed perspective.Research is so complex, [...]
Observing a scene play out between a waitress and an Indian family gives rise to reflections about emotions as a doorway to social and cultural intelligence. [powerpress] .::.
It was so amazing to hear Muhammad Yunus speak at St James in Piccadilly last weekend. We often look to the past for our heroes but I believe firmly that Yunus is a truely great man. The reasons why I admire him so much are many – here are just a few: He is an [...]
I listened to “Around the World in 80 Days” on my flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong. Phileas Fogg considered it fast to traverse the Pacific in 22 days. It took me 14 hours. At 40,000 feet the world is smaller — but I see less of it than did Fogg. I have this [...]
I love how emotional intelligence is becoming a truly international concept. Just saw this article from Bhutan saying that corporate success should contribute not just to GNP, but also to “Gross National Happiness” (GNH). Some good strategies presented for engaging a team – and a country. Here’s the premise: There is a body of management [...]