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Like love, a great idea isnât enough. This is written for your good, not to pull you down. Yes, you, for who isnât a dreamer of the dream of wild success and immense wealth from a killer idea, whether in papads or neural networks? I know much expert analysis and scholarly research exists on this topic, …
They are distressing and sapping it Our species is improving but still has an incredible ability to allow, tolerate, and self-inflict disease. We know we can do something about these issues, in theory. Yet we don’t, or can’t. But this story is not about the origins and fixes of these problems*. It is a list …
5 Shocking Tumours in the Body of Humanity Today Read More Âğ
Would you please take this seriously? Always remember Donât let work get in the way of appearing to workThe less you do, the more youâll progressBeing in the mind of the boss is the real mindfulnessThe appearance of innovation is enough. Donât become lost actually attempting it.Dispatch a dangerously good idea by throwing it back …
10 Aphorisms Thatâll Take You Places in the Corporate Hierarchy Read More Âğ
We only have ourselves. No one else can save us. No one else needs to. What do you think of the United Nations? What about Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? The internet and Google? Do you think of them as powers for good? Facebook has become more about narcissism, ego and manipulation than building social bonds. …
How Medium will be the Beacon Inspiring Humanity towards its Best Version Read More Âğ
The existential threat to my sense of belonging to something grand and good. âMy granddad worked for IBMâ is what Iâve imagined my grandkids telling their friends. It has the cachet for me of âMy granddad worked for NASAâ or (unfortunately, due to the slowness of human evolution) âhe was in the armyâ. Now, whatâs …
Why IBM’s Splitting Up Makes Me Forlorn and Hopeful Read More Âğ
How to prosper in harmony with nature. I was reading my print subscription of National Geographic (yes, it still exists) a few weeks ago and something in it got through sceptical old me. It made me think that: The combined brainpower of my 929 connections on LinkedIn is enough to power up a small city. Imagine …
What is the Circular Economy & How Can We Enable It? Read More Âğ
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, tens of thousands of years ago, humans were separated into tribes. Then a few millennia ago, they clumped together into villages, towns, cities and states. A few centuries before now, large countries developed, and the Americas became conjoined to Europe and Asia. Humanity became one body. There was a renaissance …
Post-COVID Action 5/5: Practise âThe Incredible Lightness of Beingâ Human Read More Âğ
Post-COVID Action 4/5: Get More Out of Life by Working from Both Home and Workplace Wouldn’t you like a better work-life balance? One way to have it is by not wholly reverting to working en masse and full time in offices, factories and other workplaces, once the coronavirus pandemic is over. Let me tell you why …
Post-COVID Action 4/5: Get More Out of Life by Working from Both Home and Workplace Read More Âğ
The coronavirus problem is an opportunityâââto reverse human havoc. When I think back to the times before the coronavirus pandemic, it was like the world had gone mad with travel. At the drop of a hat or less, people were travelling for business. With pride or lamentation (often faked) I used to hear, âOh, I am …
Post-COVID Action 3/5: Slash Global Travel for Business & Tourism Forever Read More Âğ
The coronavirus problem is an opportunity â to arrest human havoc. Why do we need private powered vehicles at all? During the global coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the use of private vehicles has dropped dramatically, besides that of flights, trains, buses and cabs. And the predictable outcomes have been the reduction of pollution, smog, noise, traffic …
Post-COVID Action 2/5: Morph the Automobile Industry into Public Transport Industry Read More Âğ