by Whitney | Jul 11, 2013 | business, community
Seth Godin had an interesting post today talking about delight and mentioning six sigma. It caught my attention, because some folks I know have been taking six sigma classes who work in health care. Health care, and all of the caretakers in the system- doctors,...
by Whitney | Jul 4, 2013 | community, economics, education
As it does on every July 4th, NPR does a segment where the Declaration of Independence is read out loud, this year by visitors to the National Mall, of all ages and ethnicities. This year, especially with the current political unrest in Egypt, the Declaration is even...
by Whitney | Jun 3, 2013 | business, economics, finance
I’m intrigued by marketplaces of all sorts- ranging from Farmer’s Markets, to Malls, to Online Niche markets. Each has a culture associated with it, a sense of rules and norms, often unspoken. Each also has speculators, spectators and active...
by Whitney | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Daniel Goleman, an organizational psychologist, just posted an article on LinkedIn about the famous “marshmallow” psychological test given to kids. In a nutshell, the test seems to show that if very young children are able to delay gratification and...
by Whitney | May 16, 2013 | Discovery, education, happiness, learning
It is so important to keep dreaming. Dreams are about possibilities and motivation. Even if they seem very far out of reach, or only glimmers of possibility, they are glimpses of possibility in the world. As we get older, dreams often seem impractical. After many of...
