Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Universities as pupae
We’re told that holometabolous insects experience a metamorphosis comprising four distinct stages: embryo, larva, pupa, and imago. Take Lepidoptera. Let’s...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Forgiveness: the oft-misunderstood and underutilized work productivity booster
Has somebody done you wrong? Join the crowd. Those readers of a certain age will recall the B.J. Thomas hit,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Forgiveness, busyness, the U.S. brain drain, and the passing of Steve Jobs
When the length of the title threatens to be longer than the post itself, when the title expresses seemingly separate,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Social Sustainability
[It’s the weekend…a chance to step back from that hectic workplace we discussed in the previous post and regroup…maybe allow...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A Real World that Works.
Back in 1969, Peter Drucker, the great management guru, writing in his book, The Age of Discontinuity, famously said, “To...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Outed…as an ENFP
What’s new in Climate, Etc.? Judith Curry’s latest post considers recent research by Weiler, Keller and Olex, published in the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Stimulus packages…and truly critical infrastructure
Critical infrastructure? If you’re a young reader you can’t remember a time when this phrase wasn’t in the nation’s vocabulary....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Are you and your federal disaster assistance being held hostage?
Residents of the east coast hit hard by flooding and wind damage from hurricanes Irene and Lee might be forgiven...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More on resilience…and its relation to the “myth of Easter Island’s ecocide.”
The great thing about the blogosphere is that when you pause from your labors and look over your shoulder, you...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Resilience
I continue to have problems with resilience. Stop right there! I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “Of course you...
