Binge Thinking – Blogging for the mindful...
Welcome to our blog. This is an openly available weblog – or online diary – where the Go MAD Team can share their views. It gives you a unique peek inside the thinking of the people in our business. We trust it opens your mind to some topical issues of the day. Enjoy!
World Record Anyone? - Ros Palmer - 10 Nov 2009
Flush from his recent string of Award wins and always up for a new challenge, Andy Gilbert and a Go MAD team are entering the World Conker Championships on 10.10.10.
Liquid Modernity - Ros Palmer - 21 Oct 2009
I love new terminology and have just discovered (thank to trendwatching.com) 'Liquid Modernity' by Polish sociologist Zymunt Bauman.
Says the article in trendwatching.com/briefing:
"Liquid Modernity" is Bauman's term for the present condition of the world as contrasted with the "solid" modernity that preceded it. According to Bauman, the passage from "solid" to "liquid" modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of challenges never before encountered. Social forms and institutions no longer have enough time to solidify and cannot serve as frames of reference for human actions and long-term life plans, so individuals have to find other ways to organize their lives.
You Ltd - Ros Palmer - 16 Sep 2009
Multiple book offers arrive in my inbox every day but my attention was grabbed today by, Know Me, Like Me, Follow Me a book written by social networking Ecademy founder Penny Power that (sic) "takes you on a journey into the online business world".
A sample chapter has the following paragraph:
"To be an individual capitalist you have to create a brand – You Ltd, You Plc – be in demand, be known and have a globally trusted name that earns you respect and feeds you. To do this, you need to know your unique contribution, your talent, your skill, your passion and your reason for getting up in the morning. Money cannot be the only motivator. Your contribution has to be what creates the heartbeat that wakes you up".
Get out and Make a Difference to your thinking - Ros Palmer - 10 Aug 2009
Go MAD Thinking is located in the beautiful countryside of Leicestershire, amidst Charnwood Forest and farmland. We work from a converted farm and much of our 'thinking space' is the amongst the six and half acres of land around us.
We know the benefits to our thinking of being in such an environment. On a personal level, a walk in the country will always clear my head, lift a bad mood and generally make me happy to be alive. So it's with interest that I discovered that a recent study suggests that walking in nature might actually benefit your brain.
Happy Hour is 9 - 5 - Ros Palmer - 06 Jul 2009
I just came across this book (Happy Hour is 9 - 5) by Alexander Kjerulf because I Googled: 'Happy at work'.
I was prompted by two recent articles, one in Psychologies magazine about workplace contentment and a report in People Management on Organisational Development (What does OD DO?). All have a common theme regarding engaging workforces and making work a good place to be. OD is "generally considered as a post-war response to the dehumanising effects of scientific management practices, which saw workers as small cogs within a well-oiled organisational machinery".
