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Friday, August 14th, 2009
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'Ever wish you had the choice to get up off the couch and spend the afternoon learning to rock climb, cook, or maybe juggle? Well, we have and that's why we came up with (un)classes. (un)classes are premised on the belief that everyone has ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Ingredients (all available at Coles):
2 'Sorj wholeweat' wraps - must be uber-fresh (they have an excellent new fresh bag)
1 Ripe Avocado
4 Spears of Crisp Marinated Asparagus
Coles Deli Moroccan (Chickpea) Salad (there's many reasons why you'd buy the big one - not least the value for money)
6-8 Grape tomatoes (Not cherry ...
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
I read in the paper this morning about CEO's of failing financial institutions. They take US$90mill bonuses at the end of the year after being paid. And still ask for bailouts from GW Taxpayer.
I read that the Murray is drying up, the glaciers melting.
I read about the Bali bombers being ...
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Today's Thinking Club took a more philosophical stance, inspired by a TED Talk on 'Genes, Memes and Temes' by Susan Blackmore. We used her hypothesis as our jump-point: Technology is replicating itself and angling for world dominance.
Our attention focused on the blogosphere. In the course of today's casual conversation we traversed the ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
This week, Thinking Club welcomed a lovely guest, Sally from the Sydney Community Fund (SCF). For those who - like most Australians - don’t know what a Community Fund is, they are a centralised charity group that can help inidividuals and companies choose and give to charities in their own ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
What does that mean I hear you ask? The idea behind De Bono's approach is often to un-think a situation. Defy logic. Subvert the norm. Stop thinking. Today's session used the PO method to provoke alternative views on a subject.
De Bono suggests using the phrase PO before a statement to indicate ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Today was Creative Suite’s inaugural Thinking Club meeting. We followed the ground-rules, set by thinking genius Edward de Bono in his book, Thinking Course (BBW Worldwide 2004). The session followed strict timelines and was injected with a healthy dose of humour.
Today we used PMI to explore various topics; PMI being ...
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