Inspiration for you

Ideas for hospitals

Frank Calberg — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:35:03 +0000

1 on 1 education

Frank Calberg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:16:43 +0000

About 30 minutes into the video embedded below, Clayton Christensen talks about 1 on 1 education. In this regard, Mr. Christensen shares an interesting story about a girl with a high degree of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence who became able to learn to read better, as she was encouraged by a teacher to choreograph the alphabet – shaping out the A, B etc. when she was dancing to music. Building on this story, I read here that Howard Gardner sees mental and physical activity as related. This reminds me that I sometimes get good ideas when I go for a run.

Bicycle friendly cities

Frank Calberg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:03:21 +0000

Following up on the previous posting, here are some inputs on bicycle friendly cities:

What makes for a successful city?

Frank Calberg — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:53:12 +0000

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DESERTEC Foundation: The TuNur Project – Tunisian sun will light European homes by 2016

Frank Calberg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:27:26 +0000

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About 5 minutes into the video embedded below, I learned that DESERTEC and Nur Energie anticipate that 60% of TuNur’s construction costs will be spent within Tunisia itself. This investment will directly benefit the local economy and create lasting jobs for the Tunisians involved in the operating of the power plant.

Globalization and localization

Frank Calberg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:45:15 +0000

Terri Kelly: Are you ready to give up power to get results?

Frank Calberg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:04:20 +0000

Following up on this posting, Terri Kelly of W. L. Gore talks – in the video embedded below – about the leader being an “architect” or a “conductor”. I came across the video via this posting. In this article I also read about the leader being an architect, a social architect. And on page 9 of this ebook, I noticed the following message: “It is precisely the extent to which we can let go of control that will determine our success in the new economy.” For additional inputs on redefining the rules in management, please click here.

Michael Porter on strategy

Frank Calberg — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:58:57 +0000

At location 1395 inthe AmazonKindle version of the book “Understanding Michael Porter: The essential guide to competition and strategy” by Joan Magretta, I read this: “The essence of strategy and competitive advantage lies in the activities, in choosing to perform activities differently or to perform different activities from those of rivals.” And at location 1579, I read that “by definition, strategy is about creating something unique, making a set of choices nobody else has made.” In the interesting 5 minute interview embedded below, Michael Porter elaborates on what strategy is:

Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors

Frank Calberg — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:27:36 +0000

Via this tweet, I came across the interesting talk embedded below by Itay Talgam. About 10½ minutes into the talk, I heard Itay Talgam quoting Herbert von Karajan for saying the following: „The worst damage I can do to the orchestra is to give them a clear instruction. That would prevent the ensemble from listening to each other – which is needed for an orchestra.” For tips on listening, please click here.

Tips to improve meetings

Frank Calberg — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:43:47 +0000

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