We All Utilize External Memories, Honey

Dear Gord, thanks for the article on Search, Transactive Memory and the Plastic Mind. I will read it to my wife tonight, line by line, to finally win the 7-years battle which is about why I constantly ask "where?" questions: "Honey, did you see my wallet? Where is the cork screw? Did you recently use the digital camera?" Read more...

Nexus for Change II

In 2007,we had been reporting live from the first Nexus for Change conference. Nexus for Change is a new international movement of whole systems change practioners created by the authors of the Change Handbook - Steve Cady, Tom Devane and Peggy Holman. This is the idea of Nexus (from: nexusforchange.com):

We live in complex times where it is hard to know what to do. Good intentions are not enough.

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Recession and Change

The bad word is out. Recession. CNN's Richard Quest stands in front of the conference building of the World Economic Forum in Davos with a big flip chart counting expert opinions on whether we are facing a slow down of economy or a recession. Historical events like 9/11 popping up in comentaries, and it seems that people are checking their winter clothes. In the coming days, I will investigate the current events from a Change Management perspective. More...

Team Academy, Jyväskylä, Finland - The Future of Education

When I made my travel plans for visiting my business partners in middle Finland, I didn't expect to be witness of a very special ceremony, under the patronage of the old change management gurus Peter Senge and Arie de Geus (Peter sent a video message, the living legend Arie was present). I had the honour of being invited to the 15th aniversary of the Team Academy in Jyväskylä, an institution that has proven that learning without teachers, without classrooms and without exams is not an idealistic dream but a realistc option for 21st century education.

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Error!

Yesterday, I published a wrong date for the Global Gathering of CFAN (which is now corrected). The conference will take place in April, not in February. Sorry for any inconvenience.

CFAN invites you to its 3rd Global Gathering in Austria

CFAN - the Global Network for Exploring, Creating, and Celebrating Change invites you to join us at our 3rd Global Gathering, this year in Baden, Austria (near Vienna), from April 20-25, 2008.

We have a great programme including time for networking, formal and informal learning sessions. Some of the highlights include the following inputs from international experts.
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Mobile Phones Revolutionise Payment Systems in Africa (and Soon Beyond?)

I remember that about 6 years ago, mobile phones were announced to be the gadget for a new micropayment system. An example at that time was the first soda vending machine in Finland which delivered a Coke if you dialed a certain number. Not much has happened since then. Ok, in Berlin you can rent bicycles with mobile phones; at airports you can buy into wireless networks being billed on your mobile's account. But that's about it. more...

Barak Obama's Change Message

Happy New Year. I am back, after a long winter holiday and I plan to resume blogging in the frequency and quality as I have been doing before.

The overarching theme early this year is of course the presidential race in the US. Over here in Europe, more and more people bet on Obama because they believe that time for change in America is overdue. There is too much unfinished business in the US that Clinton - as a part of the establishment - cannot tackle (Iraq, environment, health and tax reforms, economy). More...