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How the elephant got his trunk: what evolution can teach us about complexity
Anna PanagiotouAnthro complexity I’m going to assume that everyone who frequents this blog and is a regular reader of Dave’s work is very familiar with general concepts of evolution, both as a biological fact and as...
Coherence and ‘truth’
Dave SnowdenSo I’m back at the desk in my study, driven home from two weeks walking and cycling in the Lake District by Atlantic storms a day early. I’ve found a perfect self-catering location that is...
To curate or be curated?
Dave SnowdenFrom time to time someone, knowing my interest in narrative sends me a link to yet another website collecting people’s stories. One popped up in slack as I was writing this offering a “magic formula”...
The Woozle effect
Dave SnowdenI talked yesterday about metaphor-based languages and used Winnie the Pooh as an illustration. That was part of a loose set of posts starting to develop and codify a more general theory of leadership from...
Looking back at the Acorn Study; Part 9: Seedlings
Anna PanagiotouAfter a couple of weeks of hiatus (early spring is definitely Bank Holiday season here in Cyprus), this blog series returns for its final look back at the Acorn Study. To extend the metaphor, it...
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Steve HoltYou may be asking what connects the events on stardate 45047.2, the battlefield at Gettysburg (picture from October 2019 on a trip with good friends between conferences), and an illustration from chapter three of Winne...
…fraught with moral peril
Dave SnowdenThat aspect of the modern crisis which is bemoaned as a “wave of materialism’ is related to what is called the “crisis of authority.” If the ruling class has lost its consensus, i.e. is no...
A word or two about words … (2/2)
Dave SnowdenIn yesterday’s post, I was concerned about both the abuse of power, and the effectiveness of confessional use of language. The desire to compel people to put into words (generally the words of power in...
A word or two about words … (1/2)
Dave SnowdenIn some ways this post is a follow up to a point I made yesterday about the dangers of creating a coat of rhinestones on something rotten at the heart and by way or warning...
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