Most of the coaches I’ve read over the last few years are fans of automation technologies. Whether they focus on finances or consulting or health and wellness or writing, they’re also behaviorists. Behaviorism is a school of psychology that focuses on what people do, not what they say they plan to do or which meanings they assign to […]
Mutuality meets self-interest
Obviously no single church can deal with the vast social problems that exist in the world… Even with the help of governments, this an impossible task. Adventists must move away from the idea that they should do good only if it helps to convert. They must also move away from helping only where it serves […]
The problem-solution cycle
During the heady days of post World War II science, German researchers noticed that thalidomide diminished morning sickness. It became so popular among pregnant women that pharmacies distributed it over the counter. But when children began dying prematurely or being born with limb and organ deformities, the government had to restrict the drug. A solution designed to resolve a problem […]
Agitate, agitate, agitate
The first time I tried to hand-wash a load of laundry I was in the cool mountains of Jamaica in a house without a hot water heater. My grandmother hovered nearby, and shook her head at me. “No,” she said, taking a wet t-shirt and the soap from my hands. “You have to do it like this.” I […]
Wisdom requires action
At the Justice Conference in Chicago last month, local minister Rev. Harvey Carey provoked peals of laughter from attendees when he talked about people going from conference to conference, writing great ideas in their notebooks, going home mountain-top high, and then never applying those insights to their lives or work. I laughed too, in the […]
Wheatley on Learning Organizations
“The Army is an incredibly literate organization. They have internal journals that they use to correspond with one another. They study history carefully. They have a center for Army lessons learned. They document everything. And they have this wonderful process of learning from direct experience called “After Action Review,” in which everyone who was involved […]
