Q-Links

Appreciative Inquiry

What is Appreciative Inquiry?  (click the link for the full article and further info)

Appreciative Inquiry is about the coevolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives “life” to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms. AI involves, in a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential.

Micro-inequity

Micro-inequity  and Micro-affirmations seem to be very important for the effectiveness of collaboration because of the way they influence motivation and self-esteem of co-workers. In this wiki it's heavily related to race and gender. It seems to me however that these expressions of attitude and opinion are important for the development of every relationship. 

EDGE

EDGE to keep up with what others are bothered with.

Liever dit

Heel apart die website van Liever. Mooi gemaakt. Maar nog mooier is het idee dat erachter zit. En het mooiste is het beeld van een aantal "Right brainers" in hartje Amsterdam die elkaar hebben gevonden en besloten om samen iets leuks te gaan doen met mooie dingen. En aan het menu te zien hebben ze plannen genoeg om hun systeem verder uit te rollen. 

Chaos Thinksite

I'm not yet sure what it realy means, but the Chaos Thinksite is promising. At least it's different and thus worth trying once you are dissatisfied with doing the things from the average book. The average book? Yeah you know ... the popular ones in MBA programs.

Online Library of Liberty

Visit the Online Library of Liberty for lots of ancient manuscripts like Plato's Dialogues.

Google's Techtalks Channel

See "Google's techtalk channel" gives a nice overview of the kind of stuff Google employees are interested in. It's part of the Google culture that in order to extend their (corporate) knowledge base, lectures by authorities on a broad spectrum of issues are offered to employees. These lectures are attended on a voluntary base which respects the employees own responsibility to spend time and to stay on top of things. From several perspectives it's very Interesting to see how and what Google does. It gives you an idea why Google is an often used example for application of post-modern management principles. (f.i. by Gary Hamel in "the future of management")

Comparing American and Chinese Negotiation Styles

The video "Comparing American and Chinese Negotiation Styles" isn't only interesting because of the subject. The video below is also an example of the educational potential of internet with services like www.youtube.com .

Muziek

Voor wie op zoek is naar nieuwe composities voor harmonie en fanfare orkesten. Natuurlijk is er ook concurrentie. Ook in Nederland zitten goede uitgeverijen zoals De Haske. Het grappige van die sites ... de demo's, uiteraard!