Getting around the world

I think that there is another export that we Italians shared with Europe: the “paranoid attitude” and absolute refusal of constructive criticism: as if change did not require first knowing where you really are, and then deciding where to go and how to get there.
Otherwise: you risk running in circles- and your target becomes a [...]

Sometimes, a negotiator is not really a neutral third-party.
In my experience, (s)he can be representing one of the parties involved; be in reality a mediator between two parties; act as a match-maker (sometimes due to her/his interest in the successful outcome); or even be working nominally for one of the parties involved, while in reality [...]

Change is complex, and, in my experience, each change initiative has to cope with a unique mix of issues: a formulaic approach, striving to “recycle” what you did before is the best recipe for failure.
First small note- target: “change” here is focused mainly on public and private organizations (including political parties and advocacies), not individuals [...]

This short article is just to share few considerations on social change, based on observing current events- of course, the focus is on Libya.
Somebody could say: who are you to write about this subject? My reply? An ordinary citizen who did spend few decades studying organizations and societies to be able to give a better [...]

Recently, I posted online within my social networks a “challenge” to my friends: try living for few days (0-24) following another timezone- but without involving anybody else around you within your experiment.
I said that I would have posted the reason why I asked to carry it out on August 15th, but I eventually decided to [...]

I know that most people say that privacy will be “the” new human right in the XXI century: and I would like to agree.
But, despite being a fan of the TV series “West Wing” (few series were so fast-paced and not bound to a specific knowledge domain), I think that, by and large, the war [...]

In this issue… no comment: just links, and a quote.
Keywords for this issue? #asteroid #belt #barroso #ecb #euro #exploration #drone #famine #glenn #iran #libya #merkel #nasa #nato #sarkozy #somalia #space #vesta
Do not worry about the number of links: the articles are actually segments that, in the spirit of WikiPatterns, I coalesced under a single [...]

Two months since the last issue- a slightly new format, and a new publishing venue.
Changes:

instead of using Facebook, I decided to shift the publication of TAD, so that no registration will be needed
it will not be daily- I will create a new post when relevant, and otherwise simply announce the articles’ links on twitter
I will [...]