Not what we give,
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver is bare.
- James Russell Lowell
Not what we give,
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver is bare.
- James Russell Lowell
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver is bare.
- James Russell Lowell
Treasures from NYT wisdom archive:
HR, if you think it's bad with us, just imagine what it would be like without us?
Via CD ;-)
If you read or watch TV programs about business or sports, you often see the world framed as place where everyone wants “more more more” for “me me me,” every minute in every way. The old bumper sticker sums it up: “Whoever dies with the most (titles and) toys wins.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Joe Heller, and How to Think Like a Mensch
Unveiling James Martin: the Parramatta premier via PA
This portfolio is the first publication from Past Tense, an archival storytelling project of The New York Times. As we digitize some six million photo prints in our files, dating back more than 100 years, we are using those images to bring the events and characters of the past to life in the present. To enhance these photographs’ value as artifacts and research tools, we are presenting these images with some of the “metadata” from the reverse side of each print…”
HR, if you think it's bad with us, just imagine what it would be like without us?
Via CD ;-)
If you read or watch TV programs about business or sports, you often see the world framed as place where everyone wants “more more more” for “me me me,” every minute in every way. The old bumper sticker sums it up: “Whoever dies with the most (titles and) toys wins.”
Via CD ;-)
If you read or watch TV programs about business or sports, you often see the world framed as place where everyone wants “more more more” for “me me me,” every minute in every way. The old bumper sticker sums it up: “Whoever dies with the most (titles and) toys wins.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Joe Heller, and How to Think Like a Mensch
Unveiling James Martin: the Parramatta premier via PA
This portfolio is the first publication from Past Tense, an archival storytelling project of The New York Times. As we digitize some six million photo prints in our files, dating back more than 100 years, we are using those images to bring the events and characters of the past to life in the present. To enhance these photographs’ value as artifacts and research tools, we are presenting these images with some of the “metadata” from the reverse side of each print…”
Unveiling James Martin: the Parramatta premier via PA
This portfolio is the first publication from Past Tense, an archival storytelling project of The New York Times. As we digitize some six million photo prints in our files, dating back more than 100 years, we are using those images to bring the events and characters of the past to life in the present. To enhance these photographs’ value as artifacts and research tools, we are presenting these images with some of the “metadata” from the reverse side of each print…”
Want to lead self-motivated employees?
Gavin R Slemp, Lara H Mossman (University of Melbourne)
The right leadership style is key to fostering self-motivated employees and workplace well-being
... Thid hub of Sydney is named for a forgotten man, James Martin. John Azarias and his wife Patricia were guilty of not knowing much about the plaza's namesake, until a Sunday morning in May 2014 when the former Greek diplomat took his wife, a former United Nations economist, on a "cheap date".
The Courage To Be Disliked - Do You Really Want to Change?
Difficult books are difficult in different ways. Some are just plain bad. But readability is not always good. The case for difficult books... The Cult of DiffiCult Books and MEdia Dragons
THAT’S WEIRD. I WONDER WHAT THE SECRETS TO HER SUCCESS ARE. 12 million followers: 32 photos of an ordinary personal trainer Amanda Lee turned Instagram sensation.
Can
former political staffers turn into impartial public servants?
VERONA BURGESS: A better system is needed to acknowledge experience in a ministerial office to enable public servants to transfer back at a higher level and non-public servant staffers to have their service recognised in the APS.
Six
ways to make committees more effective and efficient VERONA BURGESS: A better system is needed to acknowledge experience in a ministerial office to enable public servants to transfer back at a higher level and non-public servant staffers to have their service recognised in the APS.
BEST PRACTICE: New ANZSOG-funded research, conducted by Professor Sandra Oliver and colleagues, is attempting to discover why some committees work better than others and has come up with six key lessons.
Quartz: “…big tech companies have amassed so much power that even Apple CEO Tim Cook has called for stricter regulations to be placed on them. Google owns 92% market share of internet searches, Facebook an almost 70% share of social networks. Both have a duopoly in advertising with no credible competition or regulation. Amazon, meanwhile, is crushing retailers and faces conflicts of interest as both the dominant e-commerce seller and the leading online platform for third-party sellers
Why
a new living longer strategy has health experts excitedPREVENTION: Australia has much to learn from the UK's approach to preventive health. Where you live matters, and how you live matters.
Angry east German men are fueling the far right (NYT).
Alas – The Internet Is Designed To Spread Hate Faster Than Love
Social media platforms — and Facebook and Twitter are as guilty of this as Gab is — are designed so that the awful travels twice as fast as the good. And they are operating with sloppy disregard of the consequences of that awful speech, leading to disasters that they then have to clean up after. … Read More
