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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Thrilling Summer Reading from John Childress
“Sentence first, verdict afterwards.” Lewis Carroll If you are going on holiday this summer, or just staying around the comforts of home and looking for a thrilling summer read, check out my new novels on Amazon.Kindle (and other e-book retailers) … Continue reading
Posted in John R Childress, John's Novels
Tagged Assassination of the President, Beirut, Cathar Religion, catholic church, City of London, Crusades, Dan Brown, face transplants, global greed, Inquisition, Investment Banking, Kate Mosse, Lebanon, Lee Child, literature, Robert Ludlum, south of France, suicide bombers, summer novels, terrorism, Terrorist training camps, thriller novels, Time Travel, Tom Clancy, vacation, Washington
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Classical Music and Never Let an Engineer Write a User’s Manual
If you are a parent (and even if not) you have probably experienced trying to assemble a child’s toy or a BBQ or a piece of furniture from IKEA using the supplied reference manual. Take bolt “B” and insert into … Continue reading
Posted in Human Psychology, John R Childress, John's views on the world, Life Skills, Organization Behavior, parenting, Personal Development, Psychology, Self-improvement
Tagged assembly instructions, customer viewpoint, DYI, expert opinion, Festival du Musique de la Vallee du Cougain, George Frederic Handel, IKEA, Laschia chio pianga, Music Festival, opera arias, Opera Rinaldo, south of France, St. Couat du Razes, Young Virtuosi
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Slowing Down to Butterfly Time . . .
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~Rabindranath Tagore I had an amazing half hour this morning. As you may recall, we are in the south of France for a week long music festival. The classical … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, ecosystems, Human Psychology, John R Childress, John's views on the world, leadership, Life Skills, Personal Development, Psychology, Self-improvement, the business of business
Tagged butterflies, butterfly bush, classical music, Joseph Bailey, south of France, speed of life
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Classical Music in the French Countryside. . . The Long Game
I don’t know if it’s a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I’ve lately craved the structure and order of classical music, the balance and symmetry. -Helen Reddy It’s July. Summertime in the … Continue reading
Posted in Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Life Skills, Personal Development, Psychology, the business of business
Tagged Beethoven, Castelreng, classical music, classical music concerts, classical music festival, Hayden, Helen Reddy, Languedoc Region, Limoux, Mozart, Music Festival, Royal College of Music, south of France
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Moving House and a Sad Observation . . .
Why does the loneliness of old age seem somehow different, sadder and more painful? After 7 years in the same mews house in London, we are moving to a much larger family home a few miles away. It’s a big … Continue reading
The Cynic . . .
“Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.” ― Stephen Colbert … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Life Skills, Organization Behavior, Personal Development, Psychology, the business of business
Tagged behavioural traits, business acumen, Critics, cynicism, cynics, Genghis Khan, George Patton, Godfather, leadership, leadership lessons, Navy Seals, politics, poor corporate culture, poor leadership, weak culture
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Dr. Dee was a Dummkopf
Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out. -Gian Carlo Menotti Last weekend we went to see a new opera at the English National Opera. By new, I mean … Continue reading
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What’s Right With the UN?
The Purposes of the United Nations are: To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression … Continue reading
Posted in corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, John's views on the world, leadership, Organization Behavior, the business of business
Tagged Adlai Stevenson, diplomatic immunity for UN officials, fixing the UN, Rwanda genocide, the UN is broken, UN Charter, UN debt, UN International Day of Happiness, UN Security Council, United Nations, US debt to UN
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Reblog: Culture eats Strategy ? ? ?
(I wrote this blog about culture a while ago, but with all the talk about banking and bank culture in the news, I thought it might be of interest and helpful) A culture of discipline is not a principle of … Continue reading
The Culture of Banking is Broken . . . An Example
Everywhere I turn the press and critics are talking about how the culture of big banking in the UK is broken. They blame the culture on all sorts of ills, from greed to lack of respect for diversity to the … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, John's views on the world, leadership, Organization Behavior, Psychology, the business of business
Tagged banking culture, competition, conference call, Corporate Culture, innovation, lack of respect, Libor scandal, Microsoft, multitasking, Steve Ballmer, UK bank culture
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