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Do you know that fear is considered to be the biggest blocker of innovation?  I think that is not a surprise…  just how many people in your organisation would raise their hands when asked: are [...]

We are delighted to have come across the work of ecological economist Professor Peter Brown of McGill University on Economics for the Anthropocene.  To be honest, when we first came across [...]

How does it happen that things that are meant to improve things end up making things worse?  Benefits created are cancelled out by the negative effects and before we know it costs [...]

The good old days … I am definitely getting old …  thinking of the ‘good old days’.  Yet while I always have a bit of an axe to grind in my mailouts, I hope that you have also noticed that my [...]

When have you last looked someone in the eyes, deeply, consciously, deliberately, silently? Try it out, right now!  How does it feel?  Comfortable?  Exposed? Scary? What is being communicated, [...]

Bettina’s Interview with Damian Przybyła, the person beyond the Laka Reacts Competition Dear Damian, many thanks for taking the time to talk to us. First of all, tell me a bit about [...]

Are we programmed to become robots? When ever I dip into the NewScientist it makes me think (which is great) and also worried (which is not so great); the latter seems to happen more and more [...]

Bettina’s interview with Dr Ioan M Ciumasu on his start-up, Interactive Knowledge Maps (IKM) Dear Ioan, many thanks for taking the time to talk to us. You have embarked on an ambitious [...]

Having taken part in a training programme by one of my (few) heroes, Margaret Wheatley at the beautiful Schumacher College in Devon, UK, I realised that one of they most important traits we can [...]

In my 4th report on Innovation Leading Practice, written back in 2010, I felt rather daring when declaring that sustainability would soon become a qualifier, a minimum entry criterium that allows [...]

Are you inspired by the technological developments and digitisation in the 21st century or scared – or both ? How do you feel about the following:   Becoming citizen in any country you [...]

Recently I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker, life, in their inspiring concert hall in Berlin.  Listening to Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano concerto played [...]