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How Nelson Mandela reshaped himself in prison
November 26, 2021In the previous post, we looked at the extraordinary change of attitude that transpired during Nelson Mandela’s lengthy incarceration....
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The value of processing your life’s experiences
April 26, 2018In the previous post, we looked at a personal story from Steve Jobs’, about “connecting the dots”. One of...
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Time for reflection and good wishes
December 29, 2017As I often do this time of year, I am taking a week off from writing the blog. My...
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How multitasking and smart phones change human interaction
October 8, 2015I’ve had something of a busy travel schedule for the past 15 days, flying to the US for a...
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Finding idleness in the swimming pool
September 24, 2015In the last post, I commented that the lifestyle of Pico Iyer—a travel writer who lives unplugged from nearly...
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My own search for stillness…or why I often ski alone
September 17, 2015The last two posts—on idleness and stillness—have pushed me toward some further reading and exploring around these and other...
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Why we have trouble doing nothing
August 20, 2015When I began perusing the research paper “Learning by Thinking: Overcoming the Bias for Action through Reflection”, one of...
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Thoughts about the learning-thinking connection
August 13, 2015This week, I delve a bit more into some of the ideas of the paper I referred to last...
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Reflection and the young, busy manager
August 6, 2015Recently, I spoke to a focused and lively audience at Banco Galicia in Buenos Aires. For the past two...
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Exceptional people of influence do not have extraordinary pasts
July 30, 2015Exceptional people of influence do not have extraordinary pasts. What they do have is an extraordinary ability to learn from and to...