Reblogged from threadGently.: Christopher Raeburn is truly fashion forward. His A/W 2013-14 collection over the weekend at London Fashion Week continues to debunk the myth for the rest of the fashion world that beautiful clothes can’t be created with ethics and sustainability in mind. The collection this season found its inspiration in WWII sea forts, […]
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Society's Perceptions of Teaching
February 18, 2013 
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Reblogged from Teaching & Learning in the Primary Classroom: A bit of light humour for this morning. However; on a more serious note society’s perceptions are always changing: After reading Connell’s (2007) article on teachers I find it to be an interesting insight into the world of teaching. Connell (2007) writes that teaching is a […]
Read moreWhat the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
February 18, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Linguaphile Apprentice: “We become, neurologically, what we think.”(33)” ― Nicholas G. Carr, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains Short Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGY_RjqlSRU Nicholas Carr discusses his book Technology commentator Nicholas Carr discusses his book, “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains,” presented by Harvard Book Store. Is use of […]
Read moreLeverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from ecowe: ‘Donella Meadows’Leverage Points is a classic reference for those seeking to implement change. As she tells it, Meadows was at a conference on global trade when it occurred to her that the participants were going about everything the wrong way. “These nice, liberal folks” were trying to control growth with adjustments that were […]
Read moreSherlock Unlocked
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Musicotopia: I read THIS article, of which the following part caught my attention: To give the reader a better feel for the differences in thinking among the three ability levels, imagine the three detectives from Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes: Inspector Lestrade, Dr.Watson and Sherlock Holmes himself. Analytical Inspector Lestrade would solve the case step […]
Read moreThe Radical Redesign of Business - are you ready?
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from The Nature of Business: One could argue our industrial world has reached the edge of its adaptive range. We are faced with a world that in a very short period of time has gone from seemingly linear (simple) to complex and non-linear (chaotic). Now is the time when we need a way of […]
Read moreOn Systems Theory
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Talesfromthelou's Blog: Creative Systems Thinking ”The systems view looks at the world in terms of relationships and integration. Systems are integrated wholes whose properties cannot be reduced to those of smaller units. Instead of concentrating on basic building blocks or basic substances, the systems approach emphasizes basic principles of organization. Every organism- from […]
Read moreVirtues, Rules & Consequences: The ethics of designing buildings
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Meme Cloud: The everyday practice of design in the built environment is one of trade-offs and compromise. Quite frequently, these are presented as ethical dilemmas which challenge our ability to make easy judgements about how we should proceed in a way that will be defendable within law but also to the wider profession, […]
Read moreDesign of Medical Devices Conference: register today
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Business @ the U of M: Don’t miss the largest medical devices conference in the world, held this April in Minneapolis. The 2013 Design of Medical Devices Conference convenes the greatest minds working on medical devices — from academics to industry pros to entrepreneurs. This year’s conference will feature technical sessions focusing on […]
Read moreIs there an ROI for Health IT? It depends.
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from eHealth Musings: One of the most frequently and hotly debated questions that I encounter in my professional life is whether health IT offers a measurable return on investment (ROI). Various studies and opinion pieces have addressed this question but no clear consensus has emerged. Maybe there is no single answer. Perhaps the answer […]
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