As I wait for FTP to download a website from a server onto my laptop, I thought I would write… Read more Coding in schools? Take the splinter from our eye perhaps?
Tag: UK
Denial, anger, depression, bargaining, adjustment: put the banking crisis behind us
Ladies and gentlemen, where are we are the path of psychological recovery after learning, not only that our country is… Read more Denial, anger, depression, bargaining, adjustment: put the banking crisis behind us
Living with meaning in a Zizek world
In my last two posts, I encouraged you to read Zizek in the original and gave you my take on… Read more Living with meaning in a Zizek world
So 21st century: a Zizek moment
Zizek and the politics of our age Zizek, one of the most important thinkers of our age, tells us that… Read more So 21st century: a Zizek moment
Not heard of ZIZEK? Why should you read ZIZEK?
I must say that a few months, I had not heard of ZIZEK. But we all should have heard of… Read more Not heard of ZIZEK? Why should you read ZIZEK?
Is the universe capable of having your city at its center?
Have we really imagined a universe with our own town or city as a centre. What kind of universe has Olney as its center? And what might I find in a universe that has New York, or Mumbai, or Beijing, or Lagos as its center?
How can we deny the lens of the place we live? Do we not deny ourselves?
If Big Society is the answer, what is the question?
Well, yes what was the question? Academics do know a thing or two. In this post, I try to translate (and connect) a recent article on Leadership by Keith Grint of Warwick BS to events in Egypt and the psychology of happy and lucky action. It is practical. It is connected. We know how; we are only waiting to try how.
Happiness Index: Practical useful stuff
Get ahead of the Happiness Index. Do yourself some good with positive psychology.
Watch Jane McGonigal speaking in London to see how it is done.
Go students! But in solidarity
I am watching the student demonstrations about university fees with interest. Are they self-interested or is this the beginning of an effective political movement?
Great Leaders, Great speeches: Jimmy Reid
I stumbled over Jimmy Reid’s speech to Glasgow University in 1972. Jimmy Reid was a union leader in Glasgow. Four decades on, his speech is just as relevant and a fine piece of oratory.
Here is a Wordle of his speech. I am going to do more work on it. Requests accepted!