'As insightful as Mr. Hamel’s book is, it’s surprising that it has attracted so little attention since being published in October. One part of the explanation is that it represents an assault on business schools, which obviously specialize in training managers who go on to enjoy rich salaries. Mr. Hamel has the audacity to point out that some of the best, most innovative ideas in business thby ProjectC - Project C
'There are clear signs that both educators and parents want a different approach. Certainly one of the most important is the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), an organization of 175,000 educators from around the world that has identified educating the whole child as its major priority. Its annual conference and three issues of its journal, Educational Leadership,by ProjectC - Project C
'If I were trying to create a deflationary bust, I would do exact exactly what the world’s central bankers have been doing the last six years. I shudder to think that the malinvestment that occurred over this period. Corporate debt has soared, but most of it has been used for financial engineering. Bankruptcies have been minimal in the most disruptive economy since the Industrial Revolution.by ProjectC - Project C
'$956,125 raised from 456 investors, Successfully Funded on May 1 2018.' - Wefunder.com/lppfusion 'We have the technology to break our world's reliance on fossil energy, as we're on a near-term path to achieving practical nuclear fusion energy at a low enough cost to replace all fossil-fuel-based energy sources.' - Context: LPPFusion - '..the filameby ProjectC - Project C
'We have the technology to break our world's reliance on fossil energy, as we're on a near-term path to achieving practical nuclear fusion energy at a low enough cost to replace all fossil-fuel-based energy sources.' - Invest until 11:59pm EDT on Apr 30, 2018 'Two new discoveries in astrophysics highlight the links between the key phenomena studied in the plasma fby ProjectC - Project C
At the end of March, I discussed how the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) pension plan’s funded status reached 118%, the second largest funded position right behind the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) which has a funded status of 122%. At the time, CAAT's 2017 Annual Report wasn't available but it came out yesterday and it is available here. Take the time toby ProjectC - Project C
'..towards a circular system where we keep plastic in the economy and out of the natural environment.' 'The UK Plastics Pact is a trailblazing, collaborative initiative that will create a circular economy for plastics. It brings together businesses from across the entire plastics value chain with UK governments and NGOs to tackle the scourge of plastic waste. We need to moveby ProjectC - Project C
'Common forms of plasma products include plasma torches and plasma televisions but new forms of plasma, often called “cold” or non-thermal plasma, are now being investigated by companies such as APS for applications in medicine, environmental control, sterilization, waste to energy, and agriculture.' - Vadim Fedorovsky, Technology Innovation in Agriculture using the 4th state of mattby ProjectC - Project C
'As we’ve reported recently, new papers in peer-reviewed astrophysical journals propose that powerful electric currents flow in extra-galactic jets and that the jets themselves are “fundamentally electromagnetic structures.” However, if you follow science media, it’s likely that you’ve not noticed any attempt to contextualize the development as significant for astrophysics. One person who haby ProjectC - Project C
'The greatest declines were seen in west Antarctica. At eight of the ice sheet’s 65 biggest glaciers, the speed of retreat was more than five times the rate of deglaciation since the last ice age. Even in east Antarctica, where some scientists – and many climate deniers – had previously believed ice might be increasing based on surface area, glaciers were at best stable and at worst in retreby ProjectC - Project C
2018 - Start Pacific Cleanup 2020 - Global Scale-Up - The Ocean Cleanup - Future Milestones 'New analysis reveals the region contains as much as sixteen times more plastic than previously estimated, with pollution levels increasing exponentially. Delft, the Netherlands, March 22, 2018 - 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 80,000 metric tons are currently afloat in an areaby ProjectC - Project C
'Understanding these reactions will give valuable into the way the sun's atmosphere functions and provide the foundation by which these energies can be beneficially harnessed. This research will be the top priority of 2018.' 'The SAFIRE team discovered a unique process that initiates and sustains the plasma double layers. This was a major discovery, because it is these plasby ProjectC - Project C
'..As we move from the industrial economy through the service economy to the knowledge economy, and now the creative economy, the relative value of control as a source of competitive advantage is going down..' - Gary Hamel (Context) 'In more and more occupations, creativity is part of the job description. Whether you are trying to reconcile conflicting stakeholder prioritby ProjectC - Project C
Four acting individuals; economist Vitoria, electrical engineer Gilbert, accountant Pacioli and humanist Erasmus would create a foundation of benevolence: '..benevolent affection .. the foundation of creativity .. creative human action or entrepreneurial activity..' Two individuals, Menger and Birkeland would enhance the foundation of human insight of the social sciencby ProjectC - Project C
Feeling & Analyzing Haptonomy (Affectivity) Universe (Electric) Action (Praxeology) Silva (Openness) NKS (Math) Global Issuesby ProjectC - Project C
'..We have changed the basic chemistry of the oceans — drop by drop — in such a profound way that we may be destroying a web of life that we depend upon for our very existence. Those ocean creatures should be wary of us — not the other way around. The basic science is pretty straightforward: Since the industrial revolution, humans have been pumping ever increasing amounts of carbon dioxidby ProjectC - Project C
'..Instead of job titles, people take on flexible, ever-changing roles according to their skill sets and the current demands of the company. Managers in the traditional sense are a thing of the past too. With Holacracy, people are given the independence to pursue their roles in the best way they see fit. After all, who better to decide how to do a job than the person most familiar with itby ProjectC - Project C
'A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.' - Thomas Babington Macaulay, Milton '..I tried to be the best leader I could—to empower people and be sensitive to their needs and issues, to develop myself, to be a more conscious “servant leader”—yet despite my best efforts, I kept running into an invisible barrier. The underlying structure, systems, and culby ProjectC - Project C
'Oct 3, 2017 Germany - : John Nelson, senior international defense analyst supporting the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD), accepts the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science and Technology Organization's prestigious 2017 Scientific Achievement Award. Dr. Thomas Killion, NATO's Chief Scientist and Chairman of the NATO Science and Technology Board (STB) presenby ProjectC - Project C
As we face unprecedented global challenges in 2018, Kofi Annan draws lessons from the life of Nelson Mandela, specifically the need for leaders to respect international law, human rights and act with compassion and empathy. We live in troubled and turbulent times. The last twelve months have seen a series of shocks to the multilateral system that has underpinned geopolitical stability sinceby ProjectC - Project C
Toward a continuous atom laser University of Amsterdam December 5, 2017 Source Ever since its invention, the laser has been an invaluable tool in physics. It is expected that an atom laser - with the light waves replaced by the quantum waves of atoms - could have similarly important applications, for example in constructing ultra-precise clocks. A research team led by UvA researcher Floriby ProjectC - Project C
'In recent years, a profound development has been unfolding in astrophysics: the inevitable recognition of tremendous electric currents at the largest cosmic scales. In this episode, retired professor of electrical engineering Dr. Donald Scott analyzes two recent scientific papers that propose galactic jets are electromagnetic in nature.' - Cosmic Electric Currents Becoming Acceptedby ProjectC - Project C
'Empathy and perspective .. We have to practice empathy .. ..you need to create a safe environment where somebody there's to say: I don't know what I'm doing. The unsafe culture is: hides, lies and fakes. .. Empathy: how they can be their natural best. 'How do I help people be at their natural best.' Practicing empathy and relate to what thby ProjectC - Project C
'The body, the mind and the soul .. One of the most important goals is the development of wisdom. Wisdom, to see deeply into the nature of things. .. To feel at home in their body Awareness to the body connected to the spirit and the soul, the inner life of the child (their dreams and their hopes, and their imagination).' - Jack Miller (on holistic education Oslby ProjectC - Project C
LPPFusion achieves minimum goal of $400 K We have achieved our minimum crowdfunding goal of $400,000! The Wefunder effort has now $418,125 in investments from 189 investors. This means that we will definitely receive this money for our research when the crowdfunding campaign ends. We are continuing the campaign on towards our maximum goal of $ 1 million. - Eric J. Lerner, December 23, 2017by ProjectC - Project C
'..The education system’s sole purpose should be to educate us in order to better ourselves and society, but instead it just tells us what to think (rather than how to think), so we learn only how to assimilate and blend into society..' - Finland To Become The First Country In The World To Get Rid Of All School Subjects, April 4, 2017 (Context: ‘Knowledge not parceled and segmented..by ProjectC - Project C
'..social programs and infrastructure, which collectively make up the lifeblood of a healthy society, have received markedly short shrift. This year, Russia is estimated to spend less than 11 percent of its total federal budget on health care and only slightly more (11.5 percent) on education. By way of comparison, the United States spends some 19.1 percent of its budget on military expensesby ProjectC - Project C
'..the No. 1 issue with the repeal is concern that internet service providers will block or throttle specific websites, according to FCC sources who viewed the message.' <blockquote>The warning challenges the FCC's official line on the planned repeal of the net neutrality rules, set for a vote Thursday. 'The Federal Communications Commission's own chief technoby ProjectC - Project C
'..so the question always arises, how does the Sun stay positive? It gets its input from its poles as far as we can tell. We need more data, we need more probes to find it out exactly.' 'Many of the phenomena that we observe on the Sun's surface are electrical. .. The Sun, a positively charged body. .. Plasma acts to sustain itself. .. The solar wind pumpsby ProjectC - Project C
<blockquote>'What we can do to create the best circumstances for the kids in our community. .. Let's keep in mind, kids don't want to use drugs. They want to be able to lead happy, healthy lives.' - BBC, How one country persuaded teens to give up drink and drugs, November 15, 2017</blockquote> <blockquote>'The way the country has achieved tby ProjectC - Project C