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Posted by: Jo on: December 3, 2008
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The Recession: How big is the problem?
Six years ago, before I left Zimbabwe, I did some work for the UNDP in Harare. Their Representative, whom you might think of as the UN Ambassador, was, as you might expect calm, multilingual, knowledgeable, worldly, and very experienced. He said something to me that was memorable, [...]
Posted by: Jo on: November 4, 2008
I love being a work psychologist
I became a work psychologist because I love learning about organizations and what people do. What makes a business tick?
It’s only Monday and here are five picks of whom I have encountered this week (and it is only Tuesday!)
Geographer who locates supermarkets (location, location, location)
Valuer of cars in Russia (great [...]
Posted by: Jo on: April 11, 2008
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The eminent social scientist Karl Weick once said that social problems are often defined in ways that prevent us doing anything about them.
I have been watching the Zimbabwean elections closely. As facts emerge, I have been listing them on a “secondary” blog.
The situation in Zimbabwe is as dire any conflict in history. Can [...]
Posted by: Jo on: April 6, 2008
I have absolutely no idea how this came on my screen. I was googling SABC news and this popped up. Well it did, and if you are interested in positive psychology, setting goals, having a meaningful life, then this story is for you.
I am going to paste it in verbatim. It is [...]
Posted by: Jo on: March 26, 2008
Some resources: here
Hawaiin approach: here
Posted by: Jo on: March 14, 2008
Oh! I do like this expression. How do we solve large problems or answer large questions? Break the question into as many small questions as we can.
And if we are group or a family, do the same thing. Brainstorm the question and ask everyone to contribute, “two or three (neither more or less) specific [...]
Posted by: Jo on: March 8, 2008
A long back story
I took out Goodbye Mr Chips from my local library thinking it would be nice to relax for a couple of hours with this gentle, slightly sentimental, very inspirational movie. For non-Brits, this is a classic pygmalion, teacher story with romance thrown in. Think To Sir With Love, History [...]
Posted by: Jo on: March 1, 2008
I managed Newtonian physics OK, the stuff you do in high school, but I gave it up before I got to quantum mechanics. I rather suspect that is the same for most psychologists. Around us, our understanding of the world is changing and I wonder whether psychology is keeping up.
Neil Turok, of Cambridge [...]
Posted by: Jo on: February 24, 2008
I discovered Paulo Coelho this year. I am amazed I spent this long on this earth without finding his books.
His stories have mystical settings. By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is about a woman and her childhood sweetheart who meet up again in their twenties to make a hard decision: [...]
Posted by: Jo on: February 24, 2008
I’ve just found Curriculumillusione, a Dutch interface (pick the English top right).
Pick a user name, set your date of birth and the year you wish to die. The programme prompts you to consider the most important thing you want to accomplish in life and corollary events.
And it won’t let you stay too long! It sends [...]
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