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The oldest approach to management involves telling people what to do, if necessary by using violence or the threat of violence
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillManagement: A Very Short Introduction (2013) is a delightful book, which provides a brief and cogent overview of management theory and practice. The book’s author, John Hendry, is founding director of the University of Cambridge MBA and has been teaching management for over 25 years. Reason has its limits The first chapter defines management and […]
In the United States, painkillers take more lives than heroin and cocaine combined – Globe and Mail, Oct. 3, 2014
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe topic of evidence and where it leads is of interest to me. Truthiness takes a person elsewhere; truthiness makes for engaging and compelling stories built upon the absence of empirical evidence. As noted at the link in the previous sentence, More Real: Art in the Age of Truthiness (2012) provides a definition and an overview (pp. […]
City of Toronto is warning residents to be cautious about private companies offering door-to-door free water testing
/3 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn Aug. 29, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Lifetime Water Systems sales pitch after free test frustrates residents: The test is free, but what residents aren’t told is that it is followed by a water filter sales pitch.” The article notes: The city has placed a warning notice on its website, including a fact sheet about […]
The Organized Mind (2014)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI was very pleased to read an Aug. 24, 2014 Globe and Mail article entitled: “Your brain has limited capacity: Here’s how to maximize it.” The article is based on a book, The Organized Mind (2014) by Daniel Levitin. I’ve posted a couple of recent items about the book: The processing capacity of the conscious […]
As it turns out, a person really can’t get away from what we like to call civilization
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAs I’ve noted in a previous post, I’m an enthusiastic practitioner of reality tourism, a concept that in my usage of the term covers quite a bit more than visits made by affluent tourists to urban slums. Any excursion anywhere, even from one room to another, can be viewed as reality tourism, in my understanding […]
The case against asbestos: Accidental exposure, entirely preventable – July 20, 2014 Globe and Mail
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA July 20, 2014 Globe and Mail article is entitled “The case against asbestos: Accidental exposure, entirely preventable.” The article notes that asbestos is “still regularly found in older schools and universities across Canada, wrapped around pipes, above ceilings and behind walls.” North York The story reminds me of my own experiences. When I worked […]
The “Silk Road,” an idea that dates from 1877, wasn’t a single “road.”
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve recently had the occasion to acquaint myself with the history of the Silk Road. It’s a topic that is of interest to me – among other things, because the Silk Road has a relationship to the history of mindfulness meditation, which I’ve been practising as a beginner student of mindfulness, for 10 years. The […]
Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties Reunion Committee met in Kitchener on June 16, 2014
/10 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillOur most recent Malcolm Campbell High School 60s Reunion organizing committee meeting took place on June 16, 2014 in Kitchener. Our previous meeting on May 21, 2014 was held at the same location. Peter Mearns, Lynn Legge, and Jaan Pill attended the meeting. The reunion will take place in Toronto on Oct. 17, 2015 (that is, […]