Hat tip to Fred Zimny on finding this gem. I embed this video here because I wanted to also give some initial thoughts on what I’ve learned watching this. You may be tempted to skip the video once you see it will take an hour out of your life. This would be a mistake, but [...]
Author Archives: John
A Year Ago.
If you ask my friends and new colleagues, you will find I am known as the slightly addicted Internet guy. iPhone? Why, certainly. MySpace? Cancelled that one, haven’t you? Facebook? Got my wife hooked on it. LinkedIn? Pro. Twitter? Are you serious? @jbordeaux has had brief brushes with stars from Brea Grant to Danny DeVito. [...]
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All Learning is Personalized
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. — Oscar Wilde
Let’s imagine a conversation at the close of the 19th century. You and a team of designers are considering elements of the internal combustion engine that will, if successful, trigger a revolution in personal transportation and change the course of history. In a conversation with [...]
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Context is Destroyed – Rock of Cashel
I’ve been titling the last few posts in terms of how context can shift over time. This is not intended as a great reveal of some new management method, it just came to me as a recurring theme during this drive through Ireland. How do we understand, or not, the great sites from ancient Ireland? [...]
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Context is Lost – Newgrange
Reprinted from a recent guest stint at cognitive-edge.com
Raise a glass, when you get a chance, to T.B. Naylor, who, one day in 1891, found himself or herself inside the center chamber of the passage tomb at Newgrange. This was during a time after the restoration begun by Robert Campbell in 1699, and before the government [...]
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Context is Layered – Making Sense at Knowth/Cnogbha
Reposted from a recent guest stint over at cognitive-edge.com
When you visit Knowth, you stand amidst “passage tombs,” most likely built over 6,000 years ago. Surrounded by massive kerbstones featuring neolithic carvings, these magnificent structures have survived civilizations and North Atlantic weather. Passage tombs are burial mounds that some believe were meant to be transition [...]
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How a Memory Palace Fuels the Elevator Speech
My apologies for the mixed metaphor in the title, but I’m pressed for time these days. I certainly need to improve my blogging frequency, monthly just does not cut it with me.
We recently began to settle on a strategy story line at our little shop, to capture our approach to improving life options for children [...]
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COBRA – Do Better, Jack!
We interrupt this blog for a cautionary and personal tale regarding health care insurance in the U.S. – specifically the predatory practices by at least one player deep within the system. This will be a long tale, and I apologize in advance for the length. The summary: If you lost your job and are using [...]
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Virgin America: Humans at the Center
While she is not nearly this old, the Bride learned to drive on a Model A pickup truck. The experience was centered around the magic of personal locomotion – the human was a bit of an afterthought as the engineering of these first mass-produced automobiles focused instead on harnessing the challenging technology of the day. [...]
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For Sale: One Frequent Flier
I read the other day about how airlines are having trouble capturing and keeping business travelers. Airline travel represents even more of a buyer’s market than in previous years, according to media reports. Being a Premier Executive flyer on United (a lofty title until you consider the titles “above” me, and I’m still not permitted [...]
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