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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 [...]

Often ‘creativity’ and ‘innovation’ are used interchangeably though there are fundamental differences. Creativity alone, to come up with ideas, is not enough.  In order to reap the benefits one [...]

What ever happened to “all good things come to those who wait” ? ! We live in interesting times, do we not ? !  You order today, the delivery arrives tomorrow – my sons gets [...]

Back in 1961, the gradual decline of many city centres in the U.S. began to puzzle urban planners and activists alike. One of them, the urban sociologist Jane Jacobs, began a widespread and [...]

A Mindset for the 21st Century ? Education, education, education.  We hear a lot about the importance of getting the education for our children right. I absolutely agree. For example, if we were [...]

“What if we stopped thinking in discrete steps and started to think in never-ending journeys instead?” Something I have been thinking about more and more recently are the implications of what [...]

Here article No 6 in a series of 7 in which Bettina takes a look at Leadership Paradoxes, first published on guardian.co.uk, Thursday 6 June 2013 15.57 BST If you want to thrive not just survive, [...]