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Smart People magazine articles
Some articles you can find in the previous issues of Smart People magazine Currently the magazine is suspended until we find enough sponsors to continue with an open journal with all content free to our readers. Becaome a sponsor, contact boris.jaeger@jaegerwm.de !
Extrasensory Projection (free PDF version)
Student uses brain-computer interface system to Tweet. In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter – just by thinking about it. Just...
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Power of Story (free PDF version)
Sense making comes from son’s Persian Gulf experience. By John and JoAnn Girard. For several years, we have had the great pleasure of speaking to groups of organizational leaders ab...
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The Learning Factory (free PDF version)
K-12 classrooms irrelevant to today’s environment. By David Warlick. There is a commonly told story, usually attributed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seymour Papert. It...
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Unmanaging Knowledge (free PDF version)
How to tell the boss to back off. You’ve got a pretty good boss, yet he or she still heeds the traditional creed of command and control. But it doesn’t work for you. You’re engaged in ...
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Unwitting Errors (free PDF version)
Dialogue between great thinkers helps you too. By Rachel Kaberon. I’m betting that you would love to be able to make better decisions. That if you could really choose, you would pre...
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Smart Innovators. You know the game has changed. (FREE PDF version)
After 20 years of deep research and on-the-ground leadership, Smart People Magazine has asked me to explain our work in plain language. And I have to do it in two pages (give me three, pl...
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Decentralizing Stewardship. Minister’s decision a lesson in the power of empo...
There is no better way to understand how the rules can change, how people can become engaged in making better decisions, and how surprise and discovery can ignite communities than to foll...
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Human-Computer Interaction. Forum examines the impact of technology on childr...
Today’s children are coming of age immersed in video gaming, Web browsing and instant messaging. Many have cell phones, laptops and hand-held video games. Others have created avatars o...
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No ‘kidding here Kidblogger is king of the young entrepreneurs. (FREE PDF ver...
Hi, my name is Carl Ocab … … the guy behind the .com, or as many call me the “Kidblogger.” I’m now a 15-year-old kid from the beautiful archipelago Philippines. Ok, wow. I’m a 15-year...
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Personal Development for Smart People, Part 2 (FREE PDF version)
The feeling of being driven comes from the message of your work, not the medium. When you wake up each morning, how do think about your work? Do you say to yourself, “Today I’m going t...
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Wide variation in educational quality in U.S. (FREE pdf)
The U.S. approach to education is a command-and-control style, using standardized tests that become the object of the educational process. This study provides more evidence that it isn’t ...
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KM Six Pack #1: Brainwork is a fact of life for the 21st century enterprise (...
This is the first in a series of six articles introducing newly engaged employees and managers to the basics of knowledge-based enterprise.
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From Chump to Champ - Four steps to coaching a personal quantum leap (FREE pdf)
As a manager or supervisor, you are in the unique position to influence people who report to you. Unfortunately, most managers choose to influence their people by telling them things, ...
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KM Six Pack #2 KM helps people, companies attain critical success factors (FR...
This is the second in a series of six articles introducing newly engaged employees and managers to the basics of knowledge-based enterprise.
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Cash isn't enough (FREE pdf)
Rewards boost productivity, profitability, morale. When surveyed, employees consistently will ask for cash, but research shows that it is the least effective form of recognition. How ...
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