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  • Who is the composer? Who wrote the score?

    Sometimes, the orchestra metaphor is used in leadership contexts, representing the leader as the conductor, steering/leading the orchestra. I believe the asymmetric relationship of the “leader” with his/her “followers” is a flawed metaphor.  The more interesting and critical question is “Who wrote the score?”. In other words, “Who is the composer?”. I already alluded to… Read more

  • Imagining worlds you believe in

    As mentioned in my August 2019 update, I am helping a client with an immersive leadership offsite. I am starting to label this sort of work “Artistic interventions, interruptions, and provocations that lead to higher states of alertness and aliveness.” Coincidently, Sarah Perry just posted her swan song essay on “Meaning as Ambiguity”, referring to the… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – 11 Aug 2019

    There is a new edition of Petervan’s Delicacies. Number 124. An irregular, unpredictable, incoherent, unfocused set of mind-sparks that got me thinking. As an appetizer, the last one on this edition is about Nakatomi Space, the tower that McClane explores in Die Hard via elevator shafts and air ducts, crashing through windows from the outside-in… Read more

  • On the Ambiguity of Kayakers

    Ambiguity is often related to “uncertainty”. Uncertainty is the “U” and Ambiguity is the “A” of the VUCA world (Velocity, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). VUCA is a term that dates from 1987, and almost 30 years old. Jamais Cascio Already end 2018, Jamais Cascio (Institute For The Future) coined a new acronym that in my opinion… Read more

  • The lessons of Fiorella

    This is a supplement to my post about the end-of-year assignment Art and Culture at the Academy of Visual Arts in Ghent. Dutch version here. Dear Fiorella, Your lessons were always fun for me. You speak in poetic and philosophical words and sentences. I have written them all down and someday I will publish an… Read more

  • De lessen van Fiorella

    Dit is een aanvulling op mijn post over de eindejaarsopdracht Kunst en Cultuur aan de Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Gent. Dutch version. English translation here. Fiorella, Je lessen waren voor mij altijd genieten. Je spreekt in poëtische en filosofische woorden en zinnen. Ik heb ze allemaal opgeschreven en ooit publiceer ik een bloemlezing van… Read more