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Issue #294

Seth Godin, Poke the Box

Adaptive Thinking: The Best Way to Deal With Unexpected Situations

For a long time, thinking, good thinking, has been primarily outsourced to reading books. “Just read books, and your brain will swell, making you super smart and forcing you to wear a hat.” But is reading heavy bricks with dense material enough to become a great thinker and allow you to act appropriately in a constantly changing environment?

Why New Ways Of Working? Why Agile? Why Self-Organize?

Why new ways of working? Why agile? Why self-organize? Why distribute decision-making? Why psychologically safe meetings? Why feedback, learning and experimentation cultures? Why not carry on as we are, top-down fashion? These are all good questions. The short answer is our organizations are complex, not linear! And that above all else, their fortunes depend on accepting this reality and on healthy human interactions. To explore this in more detail we’re going to start with some quick-fire history. Here goes.

How to bully-proof your kids for life

Arm your kids with the right tools, and you’ll empower them against bullies – and stop them becoming one themselves.

We WILL Fix Climate Change!

Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that will lead to the collapse of ecosystems and our civilization.

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