Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Roman Romania

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Two venerable Romanians “shuffled off their mortal coils” this month – first ex-King Michael who had been forced to abdicate at gun point ...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Alternatives....how the media could actually help the development of the good society

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I’m encouraged by two new discussion initiatives just announced by The Guardian – the first promises to   ….. investigate real-world exa...
Monday, January 15, 2018

a reading list for the Davos set

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The annual Davos festschmalz comes this year with a book bag - consisting of reading recommended by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckenberg .  Th...
Friday, January 12, 2018

"Development" Voices

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From Poverty to Power is one of the most interesting blogs around – and, believe me, there are not many which can persuade these arthriti...
Thursday, January 4, 2018

The 2017 posts

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Since 2009 I have blogged consistently – on average 2-3 posts a week. But the last 10 weeks have seen only one post. Somehow, inspiration ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

intellectual shamans

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Words have suddenly become sterile for me…..significantly, perhaps, after a series of posts about the writing on public administration…..a...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Words and metaphors

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Thanks to Maria Popova of Brain Pickings , I found myself this morning enjoying the company of dead men… specifically George Orwell and An...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

Self-Management - an idea whose time has come?

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The language of these books and articles about public management is utterly soul-destroying! The series of posts I’ve just done required m...