Getting around the world

this week, as promised, quixotic articles- therefore, here is a short one to be posted online- more a stimulus for further (article) development, than a real article: yes, it is Saturday morning, and I am a little bit lazy…
as, in the end, I exceeded my self-imposed 1000-words limit for social networks… this article goes on [...]

this is the first in a series of quixotic articles that I will post this week, based upon some observations and ideas that I shared since January 1st.
or: open-ended idea sharing (as usual, under “creative commons for attribution”- i.e. use as you wish, but remember to quote&link the source).
a small experiment-within-the-experiment: I will keep longer [...]

I do not believe that there are any rules “cast in stone”, when it comes to social media online.
Whatever looked as innovative or defined yesterday, will become obsolete or questionable by tomorrow: it is the nature of social media, where the audience interacts with the medium and, due to the relatively low cost of introducing [...]

On January 1st, when I started drafting this post, it was a double holiday in Western Europe: the beginning of a new year, as well as a Sunday (well, at least- that’s my perspective).
Meanwhile, in the world at large, it can have also other meanings, from a remembrance day for a past event, to the [...]

Summary: a valiant effort to bring the country from the XIX century to the XXI century is ongoing.
[2012-12-18 update: the decree should be converted, with adjustments, into a law by December 24th- then, I will add here the link to the new commentary; meanwhile, a typos-fixing with few clarifications; no references to the ongoing adjustments, [...]

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 [...]