Saturday, December 22, 2012

Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom .

Moral will, skills and actions should be celebrated and actualised.

Moral people are made (with practical wisdom via experience) and not born.

Any occupation that requires human interaction requires moral skills and actions.

Excessive reliance on incentives causes the professional activity to lose morality.

Professionals get 'addicted' to incentives and stop asking: 'Is it right?'

Heads of organisations should set up environments that nurture Moral will, skills and actions.

Respect oneself. Respect each other. Respect learning.

Do the right thing in the right way for the right reasons.

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! .

Time to disenthrall ourselves

1) from linearity- our outdated markers of talent and ability

2) from conformity- human flourishing is organic not mechanistic



Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice