A major milestone – Hunome Alpha preview

Posted by  in October 6th, 2009  
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Us hunomers had a small gathering yesterday to put a stake in the ground and celebrate a major milestone – we have seen Hunome early phase and it is turning into a beauty Over the last year and a half, plus much noodling around the vision even before then, the team has grown to 10+ [...]

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Consensual self-deception: An essential trouble with humanity

Posted by  in August 26th, 2009  
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Last Friday at a dinner party chez Catherine and Hugues, Ron, a seasoned business man and a neighbour told us a story, which had its underpinnings in these six points from the book: LEADERSHIP AND SELF-DECEPTION from “THE ARBINGER INSTITUTE” 1) An act contrary to a feeling of what I should do for another person [...]

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Foresight Identities – a journey of transformation

Just like we are different people to different people Foresight Identities are different approaches for different needs… I gave a talk on Foresight Identities and my journey through them at the ‘Futures Hot House’ at AMP building in Sydney last week, thank you Janine and thank you audience for the wonderful questions. The NINE different [...]

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Pop!Tech – Camden Maine – Oct07

When you need to get rid of cobwebs in your brain I recommend a few things A long dinner with friends with a conversation repertoire A long walk in the Sydney bush – in particular the ones with vast views to the water A long canoe journey along the Sydney foreshore(s) A week skiing with [...]

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The pendulum swing

Posted by  in August 23rd, 2007  
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We are a very excitable lot, us humans. When we come up with something new we get all gung ho about its potential and impact. Once we’ve established that it is not going to happen quite so fast then we no longer notice the changes happening around us. Is that because we became rather blaze [...]

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Continuity vs. sustainability

Posted by  in August 8th, 2007  
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Reinventing to survive 2007 seems to be the year that those who spent years on sustainability [environmental] and seemed to get very little public attention have finally been given a small thank you for their efforts. The spotlight is on climate change. To sustain a business over changes in people inside and outside the organization, [...]

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Language and brain

Posted by  in May 20th, 2007  
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Bilingual fun…. Neuroscience is coming up with some fascinating pointers to what goes on when one speaks more than one language. I have been puzzled by what happens to me when I type and out comes a word in a different language or a word I use a lot. The research, a combination of neuroscience and [...]

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Presence and relationships

Posted by  in April 26th, 2007  
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Does IM bring a whole new dimension to our relationship formation? I have had some fascinating experiences with IM. It, as a medium of communication, carries a sharing and caring opportunity that most other communication means do not have. IM caters for listening, even if at times you cross talk. IM caters for venting. IM [...]

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Prosapience

Posted by  in April 26th, 2007  
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Word for future human related foresight Over many years I have struggled with the words human, user, people, consumer as the category of foresight I am passionate about. I have used consumer foresight as I have practised within organisations, who eventually would like to see someone buying what they produce. It troubles me though. The [...]

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Automatic typing fingers

Posted by  in February 10th, 2007  
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Brain and the wonders of it Languages spin magic with me. I speak a number of languages. Depending on the environment I am in, how much I’ve spoken a language, how many years I studied it etc these languages are at different ‘call-out’ levels. So for example I studied Swedish and German for about the [...]

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The impact of where you live…

Posted by  in February 10th, 2007  
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I am interested in the many ways people seek for ‘home’ and a sense of belonging or seek for adventure and excitement in their lives through living in, at extremes, one place all their lives or at the other extreme for example in other people’s homes, moving around every 6-12 months. There are anecdotal articles, [...]

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The Secret

Posted by  in January 14th, 2007  
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I watched yesterday a documentary movie called ‘The Secret’ . It discusses the power of our minds and thoughts to bring about the realities we truly want. It is simple enough, if you want something very much, be it happiness, wealth, even health and you occupy your thoughts in a meaningful around the way in [...]

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