Posts Tagged ‘brain’

GMN2009: Genome and brain mapping

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The visible title of this section is “Genome and brain mapping”.

The link is named “cathedrals”.

It is not a criticism: it is a realistic assessment.

Beside the human genome and brain mapping, this section will discuss also how these and other mapping initiatives could affect not just science and medicine, but our everyday life.

This post is part of a series, first published in May 2009.

GMN2009: Planning

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

In my definition, a plan is neither cast in stone, nor just an intellectual exercise done because it is supposed to be done.

But what, after defining a model of your reality, and identifying the changes required and their impacts, should be part of your planning activity?

This post is part of a series, first published in May 2009.

GMN2009: Change

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Any organization, or organized group, whatever its purpose and composition, has what could be defined a “decision inertia”.

Any change has multiple dimensions: time, the environment were the change is carried out, the “stakeholders” (to simplify: whoever, directly or indirectly, is involved, affected, interested by a decision), etc.

In this post, we will briefly see the multiple dimensions of change, and what means managing change.

This post is part of a series, first published in May 2009.