Learning | Richard David Hames

Reflections on Offensive Behaviour

March 18, 2018No CommentsFutures, Ideas & Memes, Knowledge & Intelligence, Learning, Politics & Economics, Religion, Scenarios, Science, Society, State of the World, Strategic Innovation, Sustainability & Ecology

Speaking as a panellist last year, on the subject of democracy and personal freedoms, I was momentarily side-tracked and mentioned the damage I believed some aspects of radical feminism had done to men generally, explicitly in terms of our identity…

Separation

February 10, 2018No CommentsCurrent Affairs, Futures, Governance, Ideas & Memes, Learning, Politics & Economics, Scenarios, Society, State of the World, Technology, Wisdom

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither is safe. Edmund Burke Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. Nikola Tesla The Simpleton’s Solution The British colonial...

The Real Problem

September 29, 2017No CommentsBiography & Meaning, Current Affairs, Futures, Governance, Ideas & Memes, Knowledge & Intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Politics & Economics, Religion, Scenarios, Science, Society, State of the World, Strategic Innovation, The Five Literacies of Global Leadership, Wisdom

Ten years ago, when I wrote my third book, The Five Literacies of Global Leadership, I saw my primary task as helping to shift our thinking about leaders and leading away from the customary notion of individuals with inspiring visions...

Abandoning Progress: The Emergent Worldview

June 29, 2017No CommentsFutures, Governance, Ideas & Memes, Knowledge & Intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Religion, Scenarios, Society, State of the World, Wisdom

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions yet without becoming disillusioned - Antonio Gramsci Cracks in the Glass Human societies have always relied upon stories to light their way. In each civilisation, the prevailing narrative serves to unite people...

Writing Myself Into Existence

April 17, 2017No CommentsBiography & Meaning, Communication, Ideas & Memes, Learning

Since I stopped composing music in 1984 I have used words incessantly. Apart from delivering hundreds of keynotes to audiences of thousands around the world, my total ouvre from writing now comprises seven books, over 250 major essays, chapters for...

The Truth About The Truth

April 14, 2017No CommentsCommunication, Ideas & Memes, Knowledge & Intelligence, Learning, Religion, Society

I have always been fascinated by human errors – especially fundamental blunders that are so readily accepted by society, go unchallenged more or less indefinitely, yet ultimately help alter the course of human destiny – for better or for worse....

Reframing the Human Canon

March 19, 2017No CommentsCurrent Affairs, Futures, Ideas & Memes, Knowledge & Intelligence, Learning, Politics & Economics, Scenarios, Society, State of the World, Sustainability & Ecology, Wisdom

Most readers are aware of my abiding concern that along with everything we have gained from our innate capacity for invention – the economic and material benefits - we have lost sight of what it really means to be human....

A Time to Choose

March 6, 2017No CommentsCurrent Affairs, Futures, Governance, Ideas & Memes, Knowledge & Intelligence, Learning, Politics & Economics, Scenarios, Society, State of the World, The Five Literacies of Global Leadership, Wisdom

A Time to Choose On January 6th 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the 77th US Congress with what has become known as The Four Freedoms speech. In those perilous days these four freedoms offered a vision for a much-improved...

The Preventers

February 19, 2017No CommentsCurrent Affairs, Governance, Ideas & Memes, Learning, Management, Politics & Economics, Society

Over a lifetime of meeting people, facilitating search conferences, and curating conversations that matter, there is one human frailty I constantly encounter and that still irritates me. In an age when reciprocity creates value, cooperation is key to getting things...

More Misleading Mischief

January 23, 2017No CommentsCurrent Affairs, Futures, Governance, Ideas & Memes, Knowledge & Intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Politics & Economics, Scenarios, Society, State of the World, Strategic Innovation, The Five Literacies of Global Leadership, Wisdom

Where are today’s political leaders? Why are the current batch of leaders failing to lead? When will we get the kind of moral leadership we need? These are three of the most commonly posed questions about those in government who...

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Reflections on Offensive Behaviour

Separation

The Real Problem

Abandoning Progress: The Emergent Worldview

Writing Myself Into Existence

The Truth About The Truth

Reframing the Human Canon

A Time to Choose

The Preventers

More Misleading Mischief

RICHARD DAVID HAMES