I was party to a fascinating discussion with colleagues from the RSA yesterday about the nature of education: asking the basic question – what’s the point of school? Catalysed by the change in UK government, there seems to be a battle between the idea of school being a place for ‘transferring a body of knowledge’ […]
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I love the way that we can use new technologies to make learning and creativity more accessible. Six word story is a great example. The premise is self-explanatory and the storytelling takes place on Twitter. The thing I like most about it is the parsimony of the format – you can’t be flabby or lazy […]
Creativity, Wooing Women and Disneyland
The evolutionary psychologist, Geoffrey Miller, has published many papers speculating about the development of human creativity – that is, why would we evolve in such a way that we create apparently wasteful artefacts such as art, poetry, humour and music? According to Miller it is all about the Mating Mind – it’s peacock feathers and […]
Where success counts
Last week I listened to two fascinating talks from TEDxSheffield. The first was by Richard St John based on his book, The 8 traits successful people have in common (Amazon link). St John describes the results of an extensive survey he’s conducted of the world’s most successful people – leaders from all fields and walks […]
Recession Risk
I spend a good deal of time trying to respond to the social media/ online/ learning needs of all sorts of organisations. There is a commercial imperative to my efforts. Bluntly, I sell ideas. But these are peculiar times. Recession changes the game. In economic straits, all business, but public organisations especially, are less likely […]