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Our division of the company I work for is currently trying to drive Innovation throughout the organization. We found a great consulting company in the UK that has helped us build some innovation tools, learn innovation techniques, train leaders and employees, and motivate them to innovate. These guys are really awesome, very relaxed and funny, ( Read more... )

Here it is:
http://www.betavote.com/

Interesting: why are voters from many muslem countries so pro-Bush?

We (immigrants from the USSR) internalized our negative, critical style during Soviet times - we learned to quickly understand why many things should NOT be done. We learned to avoid punishment, and in order to avoid punishment one should NOT do certain things ( Read more... )

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When one reads the Live journal posts one notices a tendency for women to be introspective, i.e., to describe either their feelings or their feelings and thoughts triggered by what happened to/around them. Men generally prefer to describe external events (frequently external to their individual lives) and then evaluate them.

Lately, I have been traveling a lot for work. I talked with colleagues from Canada, Spain, Germany, Brazil, and France. They all said that the absolute majority of people in their country are totally against what the US is doing in Iraq. Not to mention the fact that they don't care much for the current US president. The only guy who approved of ( Read more... )

Last night I read one short story by Kuprin. It's amazing - I caught myself thinking (or, rather, feeling): Come on, give me some action! (like an average US Joe) What I was getting instead were many great descriptions of people, buildings, rooms, nature etc. Actually, it was very good - once I forced myself/my thoughts/my attitude to slow down. ( Read more... )

Придумали новую скороговорку:
У кота Кортасара со рта сотри, сатрап, старые сорта Сартра.

While traveling on business, I spoke to a colleague of mine. He's pretty high in our organization. Here are some of his views on the war in Iraq ( Read more... )