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The Rise of Résumé Building and the Decline of Play
There’s a sentence that leaves me feeling ashamed as a parent, a world citizen, and as a human being, “We are a much worse world for kids”
There Is No Evidence That Homework Improves Academic Performance
The truth is that we as parents are too afraid to take what is seen as a gamble on the idea that homework isn't good for our children
When Children Don't Play
We’ve systematically banished the concept of play to the sandpit in the local pre-school. We have lost sight of it’s importance in our worlds
Does This Future Frighten You Or Excite You?
The future is a difficult place to spend time in. It requires us to use our imagination to go there and blend what we know with what we're imagining.
The Problem with Epiphany, Newton, Archimedes and Creativity
We make the mistake of categorising that moment of clarity (epiphany) as isolated and no time reflecting on the work that was committed to achieving it
That Magic Moment of Creation
Somewhere in the mess and unpredictability of the creation going on, there's always magic. Difficult to predict, but it definitely happens
Jobs That Robots Will Not Replace
Are we heading to a future in which 47% of jobs are at risk of being replaced in the next 20 years by machines and robots?
Left Handed People Are Different, Because They're Different
I can't help shake the idea that just being different counts for some of the things that make left handers a curios member of the human race
Don't F#ck Up The Culture
The best strategy executed by a disconnected group of people will always be poorer than a crap strategy executed by a connected and passionate team
Something is horribly wrong with how we see work
I was left with a distinct uneasy sense that we've collectively broken something along the line, with regard to our relationship to work
An Unsafe Book You Should Be Reading?
Reading what I call the 'safe books' won't necessarily push us, or challenge us, or take us into a future that is going to be an improvement on the present.
So You Want To Be Creative
Every child is creative. The problem is how to remain creative once we grow up. Let's explore.