Reports and Articles

Articles and reports we have published. Includes links to similar/complementary articles by other authors

Original Articles

. Reflections Article on Insight & Wisdom (Web or PDF)

An older 8 page article published in Reflections, the Society for Organizational Learning's (SoL) quarterly magazine. It reviewed what we found initially when we first started sharing this understanding with companies in connection with Leadership. It points in the right direction but suggests more doing that we now know is needed. Still a useful read. It also contains three extensive client commentaries.

. Stillness In The Eye Of The Storm (Web or PDF)

This article was written at the request of several clients during the 2008 fincial crisis. The request was "How do you maintain your clarity of thought in the face of turmoil?". Still relevant. The article explains how to stay connected to one's innate intelligence and wisdom when the circumstances seem to be conspiring against this. It makes the case that keeping your head is of double value when uncertainty and confusion reign.

Links To Pertinent Third-party Articles:

Although these articles and reports do not point specifically to the principles, they do suggest or hi-light their impact. As is common in many business publications, they do their best to explain the "why", by pointing primarily to outside events or specific characteristics of neuroscience. Whilst entertaining, their theories only remain true until the next, improved theory is developed. Rather than focus on that aspect, we would recommend the reader focus and revel in the phenomena that is being discussed. In most of the articles, this is the magnificence and unfathomable capacity of the mind to be brilliant. Please let us know of any bad links. Enjoy!

. The Eureka Hunt
Jonah Lehrer - Annals of Science, The New Yorker, July 28th, 2008.

Fascinating description of the innate intelligence in our body/mind behind our capacity to have insights.

. How Thinking Can Change the Brain
By Sharon Begley, Wall Street journal, January 19, 2007

Scientific study with the Dalai Lama and other trained meditators that shows the impact of our states of mind on our physical brain, our capacity for insight and our outlook on life.

. 'Aha!' Favors a Prepared Mind
By John Kounios & Mark Jung-Beeman, Psychological Science, March 29, 2006

Looking "inwardly" and preparing your state of mind for new thinking is shown to be one precursor for insight in this article that describes brain monitoring research results in this area.

. A Genius Finds Inspiration in the Music of Another
By Arthur I. Miller, New York Times, January 31, 2006

This biographical story of Einstein and his interest in music points to the connections between insight, creativity and the deeper intelligent design behind life.

. Messaging Haze
By Sebastian Rupley, PC Magazine, June 1, 2005

A short bit of research on how e-mail and cell-phone overuse lowers IQ.

. Overloaded Circuits - Why Smart People Under-perform
By Edward. M. Hallowell - Harvard Business Review, January 2005.

The effects of a busy mind. Different take on how modern office life can turn steady executives into frenzied underachievers.

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