One man’s meat is another man’s poison” as coined over 2000 years ago by the Roman poet Lucretius still rings true today. In these days of recycling, it’s akin to “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. But what about toxicity? Continue reading
Cultures rise and cultures fall. That’s a fact. We’ve had the Aztecs and Mayans of Central America, the Hittites of Asia Minor, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs as well as classical Greece and the times of Alexander the Great. Genghis Kahn and his Mongol hoards created an empire and cultures that once dominated much of the known world. Continue reading
Seeing eye dogs, or guide dogs, are so well trained that they know right from wrong. Even though their ‘master’ gives an order the trained canine won’t obey unless it’s safe; and that’s what we call intelligent disobedience. The dog is praised for exhibiting such behaviour. However, in corporate and project management circles, and despite the need for human intelligence enhanced through training, qualifications and experience, such behaviour is often branded as just plain disobedient. Continue reading
Communication…dictionarily is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. It’s essential to humankind and allows us to live, work, trade and co-exist. It’s the basis of society, culture and civilizations and through communication there’s understanding and establishment of common beliefs. Continue reading
Orders and being ordered can mean many things to many people. In biology order concerns the taxonomic rank for classifying organisms. More generally speaking it concerns the arrangement of people or things in relation to each other in some form of pattern, sequence, or method. Alternatively, it can mean an authoritative command or instructions that are, typically, conveyed in a particular sequence. When ordering a meal, for example, it’s normally done in the order in which the food will be served, but that’s always best clarified in some countries! Continue reading