Jay Matthews
@jaymatthews
Aspiring corporate anthropologist, investment ecologist, & data psycho-analyst; Workaholic in remission
Jay Matthews
It feels like there’s something in the heft of what he said and how he said it that he, also, in 1903 when he was writing those letters, was on the cusp of this unimaginable tumult and carnage and transformation of that last century.
On Being • Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows — ‘What a world you’ve got inside you.’ | The On Being Project
Trends: thriving in the new world of work (annual review on org psych)
- key things changing around alt work arrangements
- fixed schedule, full-time work, at firm's place of business
- changing based on the kind of work
- if people have control over: when they work, where they work, conditions in which contracts are solidified, can have different
... See moreGretchen Spreitzer • Necessary Conversation with Gretchen Spreitzer- Thriving at Work
“Frank is really collecting this kind of brainpower around him,” says Niemi. “He’s the attraction, the magnet who gets people to come together.”
Gabriel Popkin • The Universe According to Frank Wilczek - John Templeton Foundation
A speculative and imaginary future of the world's population of 10 billion people condensed into a small city with most of the world left as a wilderness. The city is built according to the principles of the circular economy, the planet is left for rewilding.Connect emotionally to challenges of our future through a fictional narrative. World... See more
TED • Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future
9 elements of flow: 1. There are clear goals every step of the way 2. There is immediate feedback to one's actions 3. There is a balance between challenges and skills 4. Action and awareness are merged 5. Distractions are excluded from consciousness 6. There is no worry of failure 7. Self-consciousness disappears 8. The sense of time becomes... See more
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
empowerment levers:
- decision making discretion — autonomy, freedom, voice is important!
- when info is shared, that builds trust
- not incivility, positive organisations
- performance feedback
Gretchen Spreitzer • Necessary Conversation with Gretchen Spreitzer- Thriving at Work
I n traditional evolutionary theory, species survival is dependent not on the organization of the group, but on the differential success of particular organisms in surviving and reproducing their genetic code.
Gary B. Walls • Just a moment...
Relational psychoanalytic models, sometimes referred to as intersubjective, do not view individuals as discrete centers of experience and action; instead, they assert that all self-experience is ontologically social. They challenge the “myth of the isolated mind” (Stolorow and Atwood, 1992, p. 7) and suggest that psychological experience is derived... See more