Robotic hand beats you at your own game, every time
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Humor & comedy
“A robotic hand designed by scientists at the University of Tokyo, Japan, will beat a person at rock-paper-scissors every single time, says The Daily Telegraph. “Rather than any magic or mathematical algorithm, the robotic hand in fact cheats its way to victory by ‘seeing’ which of the three hand-shapes its human rival is about to […]
Tags: humour, perspective, play, robot
Stars can’t shine without the darkness
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
This image is from 999,999,999 people. I love it. It speaks to hope, perseverance, balance, faith, seeing the big picture, glass 1/2 full kind of thinking. All in all a wonderful perspective. ~~TGIF- each Friday I rejig & re-post a blog entry from my www.life-lenses.com blog, which is about enhancing our perspective & worldview.~~
Tags: perspective, Wellness
A different perspective on play, thanks to Fred Rogers
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
Wise words from the wise & adorable Fred Rogers. What do you think of when you think of play? A Mountain Life Lens™ might think of the big picture / how to relax on the whole, while a Carrot Life Lens™ might think of specific things to do. A Head Life Lens™ might ponder the […]
Tags: fred rogers, play
Part three: It’s the 5th Annual To Do, To Done, To’odle Compilation
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
This is the third post in a series. Missed the first two posts? No worries, see the first one here where I summarize the to do’s & to continue doing’s of contributors and the second one here which goes over the to stop doing & not to do’s. This post continues, this time with things […]
Tags: danielle laporte, joanna wedge, niall oconnor, Sarah Elamin Ng'inja, to do, tricia hollyer
Part two: It’s the 5th Annual To Do, To Done, To’odle Compilation
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
Even this dog knows what he doesn’t want to do. Do you? This is the second in a series. Missed the first post? No worries, see it here where I summarize the to do’s & to continue doing’s of contributors. This post continues, this time with things to stop doing & not to do’s. This […]
Tags: joanna wedge, niall oconnor, Sarah Elamin Ng'inja, to do, tricia hollyer
Welcome New Year! It’s the 5th Annual To Do, To Done, To’odle Compilation
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
Photo Credit: Courtney Dirks via Compfight cc For the past 4 years I’ve asked some darn fine folk from around the world what’s on their to do, to continue doing, to stop doing, to not do, to done, to feel & to to’odle lists. What’s that you say? Here’s what I mean. To do * […]
Tags: amani institute, caleb gichuhi, joanna wedge, marie mainil, niall oconnor, Sarah Elamin Ng'inja, sisi ni amani, to do, tricia hollyer
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: resources related to a Canadian Abroad
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Diversity & culture
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on lessons I’ve learned as a Canadian living abroad. Missed the article? Check it out here. (Not on the monthly e-newsletter mailing list? Sign up for free here.) As is tradition, with each enewsletter article I write, I include resources – both serious & tongue in cheek. On with the […]
Tags: centre for intercultural learning, derek sivers, jim carrey, karl pilkington, life lenses, ricky gervais, south africa, ted talks
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: a Canadian Abroad
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Diversity & culture
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on lessons I’ve learned as a Canadian living abroad. (Not on the monthly e-newsletter mailing list? Sign up for free here.) 1. Living in Africa has been a wild & wonderful adventure. Kind of like the traffic. It’s a big deal to navigate in a city with the 4th worst […]
Tags: culture, kenya, westgate
A fresh perspective on stress
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
How stressed are you? What’s the weight of your stress? Depends on your perspective, which, it turns out, is related to a glass of water. This story, along with being a great illustration of how we carry stress, is also a great illustration of the power of perspective. A lecturer, when explaining stress management to […]
Telling shiny objects apart from true illumination
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
The amount of information available to us (both on & offline) is growing more than 65% each year. Astonishing? Yes. Depressing? Maybe. Overwhelming. Could be. In an IDC survey sponsored by Xerox, respondents said they spent up to 26% of their time dealing with the consequences of info overload. Before you throw up your hands […]