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Standup Comedy

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

I recently took a short course in standup comedy. What attracted me was the idea that it might be easier to communicate ideas if we sprinkle them amongst comedy. Here is the result: Continue Reading →

Posted in Attitude, Culture, Leadership, Meta-level | Leave a reply

On work and love

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

Freud revealed to us that life is work and love. These two sides of the same coin are what life is all about. But as a culture we find it much Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture, Psychology | Leave a reply

I am not a thing, a noun — I am a verb, a process

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

I found this on googleplus today: “I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture, Meta-level, The Escher Cycle | Leave a reply

Guardian Strategy, III — Culture and the “ecology of news provision”

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

Another article showing how the thinking in my first book, The Escher Cycle, can be used to make sense of The Guardian’s strategy. This one maps what David Pemsel called Continue Reading →

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The Philippines — symptoms and root cause

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

Instead of giving money to the Philippines (which has just been hit by possibly the biggest storm ever) why don’t we all take one less long haul flight this year, Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture, Meta-level, Psychology, Strategy, Sustainability | Leave a reply

The nub

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

Gregory Bateson said that the cause of most of the problems in the world was because there is a difference between the way nature works and the way people think. Continue Reading →

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On passing 400ppm

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

Quite a few memes on Facebook today have dealt with the passing of the 400ppm CO2 level in the atmosphere. It’s going to carry on heading upwards for a few Continue Reading →

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So long, Mrs T.

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

Margaret Thatcher’s death is more interesting for what it shows us about what is happening now, than for anything that may have happened 25 years ago. Here is my take Continue Reading →

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Food culture

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Finn Jackson

A couple of years ago I went on holiday in southern Spain. The food, of course, was fantastic, much of it organic. We decided to take the ferry over to Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture

Three bright lights

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Finn Jackson — Leave a reply

Here are three things, three symptoms, that seem to imply our culture is significantly changing direction.

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