Exploring other perspectives on the world we live and learn in
It is increasingly possible both to design products that have the ability to be configured to meet the preferences of individual customers and to produce those products at costs that do not differ significantly from the cost of mass producing a single product design. (read more)……
I hesitated about publishing The Joys and Tribulations of Dissonance here. Being about the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance and how people adhere blindly to fixed ideas, it would have fit Connected Magazine. But as the article reflected one of the themes of my latest novel, The Boy in the Book, I decided to publish it on Author’s Notes.…
We’ve all been victims, one way or another, of the pandemic. Now the latest IPCC report on climate change predicts imminent disaster on another front. And they are right. We need a global, far-reaching solution to avert the catastrophe that awaits us. Unrealistic? Only the impossible is likely to save us. (read more)…
Science in the face of an uncertain future – In the face of ever increasing uncertainty, we need a new understanding of the future and its relationship to the present and past along side a related rethink of leadership in the face of unpredictable emerging phenomena.… (read more)…
The next curve: emerging issues in education – Constellations of major policy issues go under a banner that acts as a call to arms. These become the leitmotif for agencies working on those issues. (read more)…
From clockwork to webs of relationships – Policy-making is clouded by unchallenged assumptions about what policy can do with practice. This article explores the relationship between the two… (read more)…
Boundaries and peripheries – Understanding the distinction between institutional boundaries and those of communities of practice can greatly enhance change and innovation… (read more)…
Desire and Exclusion. The Never Ending Quest for Universal Access – The more we insist on the necessity of universal access, the greater the feeling of exclusion in those who don’t have it, even if they don’t need it… (read more) …
Evaluation in complex situations – Widening the scope of evaluation to ‘moments of evaluation’ produces a better understanding and increased efficiency when evaluating complex situations… (read more)…
Learning moments – In Western minds learning is bound to a dis-embodied activity called schooling. In comparison, learning moments are activities deeply embedded in life… (Read more)…