Laura Pike Seeley

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A Global Push for More ‘15-Minute Cities’

Sustainable Development and urban planning

Nowadays, whenever I feel scared in the face of a decision and yearn for the safety of an optimizing formula, I try to remind myself that there’s another way of feeling safe. It’s not about perfection, about invulnerability, about control. It’s about leaning into the fact that we are imperfect and vulnerable creatures and that even when we’re... See more

You can’t optimize your way to being a good person

Philosophy

You can look at the intranet as a critical business support system, in which the intranet is basically a way for the company to structure all the resources required for the company processes to work. The intranet is a platform for each process owner to run their process with their internal customers.

The objective of the intranet here is to help... See more

CMSWire • The 2 Faces of the Intranet

Your mind needs chaos

Oshan Jarow vox.com

Creativity and Neuroscience

Creativity and Disruption: Creativity is described as emerging from the disruption of these predictive models. When our expectations are challenged or disrupted, it can lead to new ways of thinking and innovative ideas.
Balance Between Order and Chaos: The balance between order (predictive models) and chaos (disruption) is crucial for fostering creativity. Too much order can stifle creativity, while too much chaos can lead to confusion and lack of direction.

Zhuangzi argues that we must first be disorientated by language to discover that higher knowledge is beyond words.

Finding your essential self: the ancient philosophy of Zhuangziexplained

While a robust digital workplace makes it easy for employees to connect and efficiently complete required tasks, a knowledge-centric digital workplace supports more effective problem-solving, creates leaders at all levels and promotes psychological safety by centering an organization's most valuable asset: the knowledge of its people.