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Tag Archives: Ethics
Antifragile – Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Book Review
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, “Antifragile – Things That Gain from Disorder”, Random House, New York, (c)2012, 519pp. “Antifragile” has been on the shelves for a year now, I read it when it first came out, yet I felt constrained from writing … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Lead On, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Antifragile, Ethics, Iatrogenics, Lead On, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Renaissance Rules, Taleb, Zeitgeist
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“Any-Medium-Whatever” – Art of the Human Condition
Artist Tamara Kvesitadze represented the Republic of Georgia at the 54th International Exposition of Art in Venice, Italy (The Biennale) this summer. Trained as an architect yet concentrating primarily on sculptures that use intricate mechanical workings to articulate pliable surfaces, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Venice Italy, Zeitgeist
Tagged Art, Biennale d'Arte, Community, Ethics, Meaning, Memory, Paivi Tirkkonen, PaiviProArte, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Tamara Kesitadze, The Enlightenment, Venice
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Delegation – A Covenant of Trust
Proper, responsible and accountable delegation is a form of contract between a client and the team or individual commissioned or assigned to complete a task or project. A “client” may be an outside entity, a collaborator, a team, a co-worker or a supervisor. The most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bauwerk, Delegation, Ethics, Lead On, Leadership, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Trust
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Tune-Up for Your Problem Solving System
Their Problem Solving System May Be Your Problem Effective problem solving benefits from simple, easily comprehended procedures that are prepared in advance, utilize simple tools, and can be easily applied through-out the process, including follow-through after the solution is found, approved and implemented! Why have a plethora of “methods” … Continue reading
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Tagged Bauwerk, Course Correction, Ethics, Innovation, Lead On, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
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The “Completed Action” Principle
Completed Staff Action The United States Air Force developed its version of the Completed Staff Action concept decades ago. Properly (which always includes ethically) applied as a general operational principle with a common sense approach, it has been “proven in action” by a legion of private and public … Continue reading
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Tagged Bauwerk, Completed Action, Delegation, Ethics, Leadership, Renaissance Rules
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What You Do and How You Do It
A Not-So-Modest Proposal GOAL: ALL aspects of who we are and what we do (ALL aspects) shall CLEARLY and CONFIDENTLY identify, define, articulate, incorporate, integrate, demonstrate and advocate: Unwavering adherence to the highest morals, ethics, principles and conduct standards; … Continue reading
Posted in Bauwerk, Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Bauwerk, Ethics, Henry Ford, Heritage, Innovation, Integrity, Lead On, Leadership, Meaning, Memory, Performance Goals, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Tools
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Timely vis-a-vis Expedient
“Timely” does not allow “expediency”. (Author Unknown) An interesting statement! Is it an absolute, a propositional maxim, or situational? I am deeply concerned about situational ethics. The quote addresses a facet of that problem. After ruminating on it, I decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Zeitgeist
Tagged Ethics, Expediency, Lead On, Leadership, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Timeliness, Truth, Zeitgeist
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The Marveling of Man
“Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together.” Loren Eiseley, January 28, 1956 A statement worth pondering, including that the inclusion of “what the universe has put together” as a human understanding demonstrates … Continue reading
Posted in Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance Rules, Zeitgeist
Tagged Course Correction, Ethics, in curvatus sei, Loren Eiseley, New Year's Resolutions, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, The Bible, Zeitgeist
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Innovation: Confusion of Genre?
“Innovation is the Confusion of Genre” Leon Krier Thus stated one of the more visible and articulate post-post-Modern urban planners of recent times (read “New Urbanist” or “Anti-Suburbanist”). I have been culturally conditioned to ask, “What does this mean?” Genre originated … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Bauwerk, Discovery, Lead On, Music, Planning & Urban Design, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Writing, Zeitgeist
Tagged Ethics, genre, Innovation, Leadership, Leon Krier, Meaning, Reformation, Renaissance Rules, Roger von Oech, Writing
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Pluralism vs. Relativism and Opportunism vs. Sacrifice
“Pluralism marks the moment in history when despair and private obsession replace culture.” Leon Krier The other day on Facebook (December 16, 2010), Nassem Nicholas Taleb catalyzed a revealing and depressing discussion (as I am confident was his intent … Continue reading
Posted in Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance Rules, Zeitgeist
Tagged Churchill, Community, Course Correction, Ethics, History, Lead On, Leadership, Leon Krier, Meaning, Pluralism, Reformation, Renaissance Rules, Taleb, The Enlightenment, Tradition, Traditionalism, Truth, Zeitgeist
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Renaissance Rules 