On Twitter, I got into a really interesting conversation with a scientist in Baton Rouge — who, it turns out — is not busted flat, but rather in need of solid #scicomm. As a biomedical engineer, she struggled to bring the core messaging from science to the public at large. Fast forward a few years,…
What’s The Buzz? – “Sakura” and Culture Transformation
“Samazamano Koto omoidasu Sakurakana” – Many things, the cherry blossoms put me in mind of by Matsuo Bashou (the creator of Haiku) Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, the fleeting nature of life, and a time of renewal. The sakura, or cherry blossom, holds special significance in Japanese culture. While North American…
Nonjudgmental Feedback
People are not like dogs. How often have you seen someone recommending the giving of praise as a way of raising morale, increasing engagement, making folks happier, and so on? The thing is, giving praise has a significant downside.
The Antimatter Model
The Antimatter Model For me, the power of any model lies in its predictive ability – that’s to say, in its ability to help us predict what might happen when we intervene in the domains, or systems, to which it applies. “Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.” ~ George Box For example, …Read More
What If #3 – No Telling
What if we all refrained from telling people what to do, how to do it, how they should behave, and so on? Outrageous! Would the world collapse in chaos and disharmony? Or would people just get on with things and sort things out between them?
