Orbiting thought – 2
Orville Wright did not have a pilot’s license.
– Gordon MacKenzie, Orbiting the Giant Hairball
Posts tagged ‘Idea for reflection’
Jul 25
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Jul 24
Orbiting thought – 1
If an organization wishes to benefit from its own creative potential, it must be prepared to value the vagaries of the unmeasurable as well as the certainties of the measurable.
– Gordon MacKenzie, Orbiting the Giant Hairball
Jul 17
Idea for reflection – 16
In his op-ed piece, Tweet Less, Kiss More, Bob Herbert tells several stories about those of us who find it difficult to set aside our e-mail, texting, and tweeting. As I head into another summer weekend, I hope to find time for silence, to find a way to escape the velocity of complexity.
Yellow Amaryllis
Jul 9
Idea for reflection – 15
Black Bird and Thunderheads at Sunset
Learn from the people
Plan with the people
Begin with what they have
Build on what they know
Of the best leaders
When the task is accomplished
The people all remark
We have done it ourselves
– Lao-tzu
Jul 1
Idea for reflection – 14
On the National Mall
My countrymen, … think calmly and well upon this whole subject.
Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.
If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste,
to a step which you would never take deliberately,
that object will be frustrated by taking time;
but no good object can be frustrated by it.
– A. Lincoln, from first inaugural address
Jun 27
Idea for reflection – 13
Gaeddert - The Plainsman
You need a story to displace a story. Metaphors and stories are far more potent (alas) than ideas; they are also easier to remember and more fun to read.
– N. N. Taleb, in Prologue to The Black Swan
Jun 19
Idea for reflection – 12
Viewing the Sun at Symphony in the Flint Hills
Here’s a quote for reflection:
The task of leadership is to create an alignmnet of strengths in ways that make a system’s weaknesses irrelevant.
– Peter Drucker
Jun 16
Another world: Symphony in the Flint Hills
So that my readers won’t think that I’m abandoning my belief in the need for time for reflection, I share a few photographs from last weekend’s Symphony in the Flint Hills:
Symphony Banners II
Symphony in the Flint Hills II Before the Symphony
Tents on a Hill II
Symphony in the Flint Hills IV
See and read more about the Flint Hills: Renewal by Fire
Jun 6
Idea for reflection – 11
Among the many things that made the Professor an excellent teacher was the fact that he wasn’t afraid to say, “we don’t know.” For the Professor, there was no shame in admitting you didn’t have the answer, it was a necessary step toward the truth. It was as important to teach us about the unknown or the unknowable as it was to teach us what had already been safely proven.
– Yoko Ogawa
May 30
Defying the rat race
I’m defying the rat race and stopping to see the world around me, which today is near Hesston, Kansas:
Hesston Friesen Flowers
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Late Spring Hesston Barn
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Late Spring Kansas Wheat II
Friesen Group 