Monday, February 28, 2011

Shadab Siddiqi: Butterfly effect began with Tunisian fruit vendors � Knoxville News Sentinel

Shadab Siddiqi: Butterfly effect began with Tunisian fruit vendors � Knoxville News Sentinel: "It is said that one flap of a butterfly's wing in Hawaii can set off a hurricane in China. What is known in chaos theory as the butterfly effect deduces that a small change in one place within a complex system can have large effects elsewhere."

Friday, February 18, 2011

Q&A: Biomimcry | Metropolis POV | Metropolis Magazine

Q&A: Biomimcry | Metropolis POV | Metropolis Magazine: "At a time when designers are starting to tackle complex and systemic challenges, Jane is looking beyond human behavior, exploring how the exquisite patterns in nature and sustainable living systems might inform and inspire us to create more elegant and less harmful solutions."

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Lifelong Learning @ LPTS: Biblical Warrent (with interpretation) for Collaborative Leadership

Lifelong Learning @ LPTS: Biblical Warrent (with interpretation) for Collaborative Leadership: "That was due to the myth of the “sky god captain” who had absolute power. From that point on, the aviation industry demythologized the sky-god-captains and a new culture of leadership in aviation was born. It is called “crew resource management.” CRM uses all of the loops and feed-back mechanisms of cybernetics to insure that in moments of crisis everyone in the cockpit of an airliner become leaders and every officer has major responsibility for the safety of the aircraft—not just the captain."