Comments for Resilient Strategies http://www.resilient-strategies.com Planning, Collaboration, Sustainability and Performance Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on InterBeing, Buddhism and Business by Nigel Green http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/12/interbeing-buddhism-and-business/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Nigel Green Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:50:16 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-21 Here's what I Twittered: InterBeing, Buddhism and Business http://bit.ly/lcEKr by Dan Montgomery .... (Nice summation, well, I would like it wouldn't I?) Read this after listening to the Verna Allee interview - excellent! I've been working on a simplified language for expressing business needs that takes a lead from Taoism: http://bit.ly/X6AYn I would love to connect with Verna and discussing how I might combine with the VNA work. Here’s what I Twittered:
InterBeing, Buddhism and Business http://bit.ly/lcEKr by Dan Montgomery …. (Nice summation, well, I would like it wouldn’t I?)

Read this after listening to the Verna Allee interview – excellent!

I’ve been working on a simplified language for expressing business needs that takes a lead from Taoism:

http://bit.ly/X6AYn

I would love to connect with Verna and discussing how I might combine with the VNA work.

]]> Comment on Ordinary Business by Free from Anxiety http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/12/ordinary-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Free from Anxiety Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:26:34 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-22 Excellent content here and a nice writing style too - keep up the great work! Excellent content here and a nice writing style too – keep up the great work!

]]> Comment on InterBeing, Buddhism and Business by howard bloom http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/12/interbeing-buddhism-and-business/comment-page-1/#comment-20 howard bloom Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:59:12 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-20 thanks for the kind words. Howard ---------- Howard Bloom Howardbloom.net Author of: The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History ("mesmerizing"-The Washington Post) and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the 21st Century ("reassuring and sobering"-The New Yorker). thanks for the kind words. Howard
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Howard Bloom
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Author of: The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History (“mesmerizing”-The Washington Post) and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the 21st Century (“reassuring and sobering”-The New Yorker).

]]> Comment on Resilience, Emergence and Overcoming Polarization – a Conversation with Don Beck by Cherie Beck http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/11/resilience-emergence-and-overcoming-polarization-a-conversation-with-don-beck/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Cherie Beck Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:58:12 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-19 Hi Dan...any chance I can get a mp3 of this interview to use for Dr. Beck archives. Hi Dan…any chance I can get a mp3 of this interview to use for Dr. Beck archives.

]]> Comment on Resilience, Neuroplasticity and Sustainability by Martin Walker (of Brain Fitness Pro) http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/10/resilience-neuroplasticity-and-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Martin Walker (of Brain Fitness Pro) Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:46:55 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-17 Thanks for this. Fascinating how the world of words and ideas constantly adapts to prevailing trends -- a much faster evolution than anatomical evolution!! When we do something that requires focus, the nucleus basalis, the deeply-nestled region of the brain that governs attention, secretes acetylcholine – this is the trigger for the hippocampus to “fix” the memories being formed. (In cases of even mild cognitive impairment, the nucleus basalis doesn’t secrete any acetylcholine.) When we do something that also challenges and rewards us, the brain releases dopamine, too. Acetylcholine and dopamine together stimulate new neural growth and brain plasticity. So, if we focus our attention on a task that tests and challenges us in a positive way, and makes us feel good when we master it, we’re stimulating highly effective and powerful plasticity. That's why multi-tasking, stress, and 'auto-pilot' activities are terrible for personal improvement and brain exercise. With well-designed brain training software we can enjoy enormous benefits -- increased focus, memory, well-being, and even higher intelligence. My company uses a training protocol designed by Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl for their study on <a href="http://mindsparkebrainfitnesspro.com/science-neuroplasticity-brain-exercises.htm" title="Jaeggi Buschkuehl Brain Exercises Improve IQ Training Working Memory" rel="nofollow">Improving Fluid Intelligence by Training Working Memory</a> (PNAS April 2008). I was so impressed by their work that I contacted them and turned the protocol into a commercial software program. <a href="http://mindsparkebrainfitnesspro.com" title="train prep iq sat act gre gmat brain exercises" rel="nofollow">Mind Sparke Brain Fitness <i>Pro</i></a> Martin Walker www.mindsparke.com Thanks for this. Fascinating how the world of words and ideas constantly adapts to prevailing trends — a much faster evolution than anatomical evolution!!

When we do something that requires focus, the nucleus basalis, the deeply-nestled region of the brain that governs attention, secretes acetylcholine – this is the trigger for the hippocampus to “fix” the memories being formed. (In cases of even mild cognitive impairment, the nucleus basalis doesn’t secrete any acetylcholine.)

When we do something that also challenges and rewards us, the brain releases dopamine, too. Acetylcholine and dopamine together stimulate new neural growth and brain plasticity.

So, if we focus our attention on a task that tests and challenges us in a positive way, and makes us feel good when we master it, we’re stimulating highly effective and powerful plasticity. That’s why multi-tasking, stress, and ‘auto-pilot’ activities are terrible for personal improvement and brain exercise.

With well-designed brain training software we can enjoy enormous benefits — increased focus, memory, well-being, and even higher intelligence.

My company uses a training protocol designed by Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl for their study on Improving Fluid Intelligence by Training Working Memory (PNAS April 2008). I was so impressed by their work that I contacted them and turned the protocol into a commercial software program.

Mind Sparke Brain Fitness Pro

Martin Walker
http://www.mindsparke.com

]]> Comment on Sustainability and Wealth by Tim Ramsey http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/10/sustainability-and-wealth/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Tim Ramsey Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:02:08 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-16 I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. Tim Ramsey I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog.

Tim Ramsey

]]> Comment on Transition, Localization, and – gulp – Energy Descent by sustainableleadership http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/09/transition-localization-and-%e2%80%93-gulp-%e2%80%93-energy-descent/comment-page-1/#comment-10 sustainableleadership Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:27:50 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-10 The Transition Handbook is great! I've just been reading it myself. The graphs you mention are really good - especially given all the cartoonish simplification about energy options that we hear in this political season. The Transition Handbook is great! I’ve just been reading it myself. The graphs you mention are really good – especially given all the cartoonish simplification about energy options that we hear in this political season.

]]> Comment on Transition, Localization, and – gulp – Energy Descent by mjolsen http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/09/transition-localization-and-%e2%80%93-gulp-%e2%80%93-energy-descent/comment-page-1/#comment-9 mjolsen Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:11:39 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-9 Very thoughtful post! The best new info I've seen is The Transition Handbook: from oil dependency to local resilience by Rob Hopkins. It makes a great case for the necessity of dealing with peak oil and global warming both at the same time. On pages 51 and 52 there are two amazing graphs that show "Energy return for energy invested" for our various options and "Carbon footprints" for the same options. They make a great (scientific) case for renewables and relocalization. Take a look if you can find it. (As a lifelong sci-fi fan, I confess to some disappointments too!) MJ check out my blog at http://butisitpc.wordpress.com Very thoughtful post!

The best new info I’ve seen is The Transition Handbook: from oil dependency to local resilience by Rob Hopkins. It makes a great case for the necessity of dealing with peak oil and global warming both at the same time. On pages 51 and 52 there are two amazing graphs that show “Energy return for energy invested” for our various options and “Carbon footprints” for the same options. They make a great (scientific) case for renewables and relocalization. Take a look if you can find it.

(As a lifelong sci-fi fan, I confess to some disappointments too!)
MJ
check out my blog at http://butisitpc.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Lean and Green by sustainableleadership http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/08/lean-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-8 sustainableleadership Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:31 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-8 Yes, as I understand it planning is underway. Time and location being discussed as we speak. Yes, as I understand it planning is underway. Time and location being discussed as we speak.

]]> Comment on Lean and Green by Jon Strickler http://www.resilient-strategies.com/2008/08/lean-and-green/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jon Strickler Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:31:13 +0000 http://sustainableleadership.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-7 I wish I had known about this before. Given the systems thinking inherent in bothe, the two concepts fit together perfectly. I would have loved to have been part of the discussion. Will there be another one next year? I wish I had known about this before. Given the systems thinking inherent in bothe, the two concepts fit together perfectly. I would have loved to have been part of the discussion. Will there be another one next year?

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