Theory of the World
A personal archive of ideas, models, and perspectives on our complex world.
Perspective over time. Across disciplines. Beyond convention.
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Six Sigma Green Belt We are offering a Six Sigma Green Belt course designed to prepare you as a manager to sit for the…
What You Measure Is What Gets Done
What you measure is what gets done. True or False? An entire industry of books, gurus and consultants is based on the very idea…
Guide of short skills for new managers
A practical guide to the short skills courses that help new managers become functional, confident and useful in the work of others.
It Is a New Life for Me in 2013
It is a new life for me in 2013 In the immortal words of legendary jazz singer, Nina Simone, “it´s a new dawn, it´s…
The New Academy of Learning
Reading a quote by the scholars of the past must bring one to the realisation that we have a new academia.
It Is a New Life
Nina Simone is a great artist and she sings a great song saying that it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and it…
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This archive is not only chronological. It is a field guide to recurring questions about meaning, learning, leadership, enterprise, systems, and the work of becoming more capable.
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