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  • Mental Models of Contagion
    Apr 29, 2020

    Mental Models of Contagion

    Psychologists have studied what has been called "naive physics" -- what people tend to think about physical phenomena…

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    Cleaning Office: Rational Emotive Therapy

    At long last, I am cleaning & re-organizing my home office. This is a viscous process because so much of the material I…

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  • Creativity and Experience
    Jan 9, 2020

    Creativity and Experience

    How do experience and creativity relate? On the one hand, you could easily think that as you become more experienced…

  • Happy New Year - Suggested Reading
    Jan 2, 2020

    Happy New Year - Suggested Reading

    You might enjoy these tales (free, no ads). "The Myths of the Veritas" which explore empathy, leadership, and ethics.

  • Support Both Flow and Breakdown
    May 21, 2018

    Support Both Flow and Breakdown

    In designing complex systems, a fundamental and crucial decision is what to treat as context over which one has no…

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  • Speak Truth to Power
    May 10, 2018

    Speak Truth to Power

    Another Pattern in the series of "best practices" in collaboration and cooperation. https://petersironwood.

  • Greater Gathering
    Feb 8, 2018

    Greater Gathering

    Another suggested Pattern for a socio-technical Pattern Language for civility, collaboration, cooperation and…

  • The Iroquois Rule of Six
    Feb 3, 2018

    The Iroquois Rule of Six

    People often jump to conclusions about others. Once they have an interpretation, they tend to stick with it and ignore…

  • Meaningful Initiation
    Jan 29, 2018

    Meaningful Initiation

    Many societies, clubs, tribes, and professions have initiation rituals of one kind or another. Some research suggests…

  • Pattern for Collaboration: Radical Collocation
    Jan 28, 2018

    Pattern for Collaboration: Radical Collocation

    Continuing additions to the socio-technical Pattern Language for best practices in collaboration and coordination…

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