From “Smart Flesh” the new album from Rhoda Island band The Low Anthem comes a beautiful collection of tunes, led by Ghost Woman Blues.
In this video piano soloist Maria Joao Pires is confronted with a nasty situation. As the conductor begins the piece of music they are to play, she discovers that it is not the piece she prepared. She has left her music at home Imagine that. Undaunted, she engages in a short conversation with the conductor who encourages her to play it any way – she played it last season, she knows the piece well. Pires digs ddep – you can see it in her face – and conjures up Mozart’s D minor concerto form the depths of her mastery. There …
Pacific Gray Whale, Highly Endangered, Making Good Time On Trek From Russia To Alaska http://huff.to/gcT0Eh # Rain. Heavy spring soaker flooding the forest with flow. # Come On You Spurs! #coys # Calm after the storm. The sun shines a silvery light over a sea that is relaxed and flat. # Well done Tottenham! Great first half against AC Milan in Italy. Keep it up! And great singing from you lot at the San Siro! #coys # Well that was a tidy piece if business dispatched. Well done you Spurs! #coys # It's so windy the ravens are tipping when …
Still playing with the Cynefin framework and thinking about how it helps us to understand the processes for decision making and action in the domains of simple, complicated, complex, chaotic and disordered domains. Today talking with clients and friends we were discussing the “spaces inbetween,” especially with respect to cultures. In British Columbia, services are increasingly being separated between indigenous and non-indigenous service providers which isn’t a bad thing on the face of it, but the enterprise is being undertaken from a scarcity mindset. in other words, resources are being moved from one part of the sector to the other …
Very interesting link here. Tipu Ake ki te Ora means “growing from within, ever upwards towards wellbeing.” We share the Tipu Ake ki te Ora Lifecycle – an easily applied, and action focused leadership model that exploits Kiwi style teamwork. It provides new tools for organisations that wish to grow into dynamic living entities, rather than just behaving like machines. via The Tipu Ake Lifecycle – An organic Leadership Model for Innovative Organisations.