Strange thoughts on women & men …
Kate Carruthers According to Yvonne Roberts, society has not shaken off stereotypes of mothers, homemakers or tarts : “It is striking how a number of recent events have revealed the enduring power…
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The Failure of the Human Potential Movement: From Self-Actualization to Experientialism
“I’m convinced that when an atmosphere is created which puts an extreme emphasis on experience over understanding, that atmosphere will inevitably create and encourage infantile selfishness.” Source: The Failure of…
Australia’s nanny state grows apace…
The NSW Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) released a report yesterday recommending that clocks and pop up messages warning gamblers that they have been playing too long on poker…
Business Evolutionist: The Origins of Unengaged Employees
The Origins of Unengaged Employees has quite an interesting take on employee engagement, but I’m not sure that I agree completely. Engagement is all about feeling like you are a…
Family Friendly or Punishing the Childless?
One thing that the big focus nowadays on so-called ‘family friendly’ workplaces (including maternity/paternity/parental leave) has overlooked is that this excludes the many people who for various reasons do not…
Good quote about self esteem and talent
Found a great quote about self esteem yesterday: “Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.” (J. Petit-Senn, Conceits and Caprices) This seems to encapsulate my feelings about the…