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The myth of progress

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 2:18am 0 Comments

I blogged earlier about the puzzle in which a 50-year-old insight was being presented as a ‘new’ breakthrough in Harvard Business Review (The Edward 1 approach to running call centres, 11 Dec 09).



It reminded me of an observation by Richard Kwiatkowski at Cranfield University, that some of the ‘new’ ideas such as emotional intelligence and employee engagement were well understood, and supported with a research base, in the 1920s and 1930s. Similarly, economists have been dusting off… Continue

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At 1:13am on February 6, 2010, Philip Whiteley said…
Gracias Zulma! Espero que te guste Inglaterra. Trabajé en Nicaragua en los años 90 por un ONG británico investigando condiciones en los barrios. Fui muy impresionado por algunas comunidades en Leon organizando sus propios escuelas y programas de nutrición para los niños. Habia antes estudiado castellano en Chile, donde hice un par de reportajes. Soy periodista y autor.

No, no conozco el Art of Hosting. Quisiera saber mas.

Saludos

Felipe
At 3:58am on February 5, 2010, Zulma Sofia Patarroyo said…
Hola Felipe!
Bienvenido al cafe latino.
Que trabajo has hecho en Chile y Nicaragua? y que estas haciendo actualmente en UK?

Yo vivo tambien en Inglaterra, trabajo como facilitadora con metodologias de participacion y co-creacion. Has oido hablar del Art of Hosting? por lo que pones en tu perfil me parece que es algo que te podria interesar.

Saludo,
Zulma.
At 8:12am on February 2, 2010, Philip Whiteley said…
OK that's good - you're English is very, very good. Tengo que decir que en parte mi interes es en practicar el castellano! Intento ingresar en el Latino Club. A ver! Gracias y thank you.
At 8:03am on February 2, 2010, Laura Vanessa Lozano Bobadilla said…
Hello Philip. I have to say I´m also new at this. I´m not the one coordinating the café Latino, however anyone can be a part of it. I hope we can learn and enjoy this experience.
 
 
 

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