What happens to us as we stand in a storm of information? The information overflow is steadily increasing. We are bombarded by information from countless channels – newspapers, TV, radio, billboards, Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, sms, Linkedin, Google+, Diaspora, Trello, e-mail lists, forums, face to face conversations, phone, phone apps, blogs… With such a massive amount … Continue reading »
Processes, automation and human potential
I have been working with an article that captures the essence of my recent professional work, during the last year or so. Brendan and I have been consulting several organizations with the aim of helping them achieve better results – be it more revenue or profit, more efficient use of time, customer satisfaction, better cooperation … Continue reading »
What’s with the discussions?
This blog has been active for 1,5 years now. It replaced my old Scientology blog as I wanted to move my open writing into any area that tickled my fancy. Like free will and other existential philosophical subjects, HP calculators and other technical subjects, as well as life and living. This space is marked by … Continue reading »
New Year present: WOIM 1.7 with real life examples
With some nudging from India (thanks Shantanu Kulkarni), I have gotten around to make WOIM more easily accessible for anyone. The manual now includes several real life examples on how to use WOIM for describing anything from business processes and todo-lists to food recipes and philosophical arguments. With this, anyone should be able to get … Continue reading »
What did you dream of when you were twelve?
Try to remember back when you were twelve years old. Maybe that New Years Eve, eagerly looking into the future, busy creating that dream of an adult life. What did you envision? What goals did you forge? What did you dream of becoming, of doing, of accomplishing? Take hold of that old childish dream for … Continue reading »
What groundbreaking could be attributed to L. Ron Hubbard?
Now and then the discussion crops up of what L. Ron Hubbard really contributed of value to the world. Like with most Scientology discussions, the debaters tend to fall pretty squarely into two camps. This polarizing is sometimes puzzling or seems right out weird for those not so familiar with the subject and its history. … Continue reading »
My basic principles
I have adopted three basic principles of late: 100% responsibility Simplicity Immediate relevance With the principle of 100% Responsibility I seek to establish who should be fully responsible for a wanted result. In distributing responsibilities in an organization, I focus on responsibility for results, not for tasks. And the focus is on total responsibility for … Continue reading »
Thought Experiment series: Evaluation of Scientology
This blog post was submitted by Alanzo, one of the frequent commenters on this blog). It proposes a way to evaluate Scientology – by the way proposed by Scientology itself. This should prove interesting: As Hubbard said, Scientology does not produce Understanding, but it produces UnderstandingS. A good way to produce understandingS on Scientology itself, … Continue reading »
Vinaire’s summary on Scientology
This is a post from Vinaire, one of the frequent posters here, that I decided deserved its own blog post for discussion: Here is my summary assessment of Scientology. (1) Scientology consists of much ground breaking work by Hubbard. (2) Scientology introduce a whole new plateau to addressing the problems of the mind. (3) The … Continue reading »
Merry X-Mas!
Celebrating another year of blogging. Celebrating a year of hefty contributions from the regular readers here with a third blog post racking up more than 1000 replies. Celebrating free thinking, free will and being a work in progress. Celebrating X-Mas! Time to pause, chill, read a book, chew on some food (for thought), embrace the … Continue reading »
