Social Intelligence
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Dealing with position power
As I’m learning from Stephen Covey’s 8th Habit, it made me thought of the people I met in the course of my advocacy work. The biggest challenge for me is dealing with people who draw their strength from position power. As they exert no effort to build moral authority, they’ve build a...
Planning your destiny and managing 4 changes in life
For those of us who have been through a lot of planning workshops, crafting your vision & goals is a basic activity that gets followed by how do you intend to accomplish it. (click on the mind map for a bigger view) In the book Embracing Change by Tony Buzan and the workshop I...
Understanding perceived pain of adoption
Pip Coburn’s The Change Function is an interesting book. It talked about why some technologies take off and others fail. It is a reminder for product creators, especially in the technology field, that a product or service will click if the total perceived pain of adoption (TPPA) is less compared to staying...
Real History in Periphery: What do I not know?
The four (4) museums and one (1) art gallery Zero In Periphery exhibit was a surprising eye opener. For the first time, I felt the power of art, especially presented in the right context, can influence its viewer. The exhibit had given me a strong dose of mixed emotions from anger, sadness, and...
Six Value Medals
There are many things that we have to consider whenever we need to make important decisions in our lives, business, and country. You can opt to be impulsive, gut feel, or methodical. In my case, I’d rather be a combination of it. I’m glad that after reading books like Six Thinking...