Agents of Change

Agents of Change. Another one from Daniel Quinn [Ishmael Quote] Each of us must become an agent of change within the range of our own influence, and it doesn’t matter how great that range is. If you can’t reach a hundred (Ishmael’s suggested number), then reach ten, and if you can’t reach ten, then reach … Continue reading “Agents of Change”

Cycles of Renewal

I’ve several times indicated my human generations view of the major industrial cycles of innovation (Kondratiev Waves), and I suspect I’ve seen this quote from Max Planck before [Quote] …. innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents. . . . What does happen is that its opponents gradually die … Continue reading “Cycles of Renewal”

Peter Drucker Foundation

Peter Drucker Foundation. Some interesting stuff about management of non-profit organisations setting future trends of business management including this interview with Charles Handy. Some good recommended reading lists too, including …. The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman (Ballantine, 1992), ….. the follies of humankind in bringing about …. disasters that could have been avoided … Continue reading “Peter Drucker Foundation”

Ahab’s Wife – Naslund / Spenser’s Una

Ahab’s Wife or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund Pub Oct. 1999. 688p. illus. Morrow, $28 (0-688-17187-7). Ahab’s wife, Una (nee Spencer), named by her mother after the personification of Truth in Spenser’s Faerie Queene, is so vividly portrayed that she seems more real than fictional in Naslund’s fanciful opus. (ref Booklist) “Captain Ahab was … Continue reading “Ahab’s Wife – Naslund / Spenser’s Una”

Melville’s Moby Dick

Finished Moby Dick.If it wasn’t obvious, from the helpful map provided on the route of the Pequod, that the voyage ended in disaster, the final chapters could be quite suspense filled. A bit of a spoiler that. Apart from the late chapters when Ahab, soliloquises (to Starbuck mainly) about his career widow (yes the “Ahab’s … Continue reading “Melville’s Moby Dick”

Moby Dick & Francis Bacon

Reading list re-established ! Mentioned a month ago that I was reading Melville’s Moby Dick, and finding it enthralling so far. I got distracted however, and in the meantime read John Henry’s biography of Francis Bacon – Knowledge is Power, mentioned below and have since completed and enjoyed that (review to follow), together with dipping … Continue reading “Moby Dick & Francis Bacon”