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THE PARADIGM SHIFT GIVES HOPE TO FREE YOURSELF A new understanding is emerging that the old paradigm of survival, competition and separation is not sustainable anymore it is even catastrophic. Its structure and systems no longer serve and will break down and eventually fall away, allowing our true nature of connection, support, interdependence and cooperation…
Thoughts about a more holistic view on the matter at hand We are witnessing and experienced an increase in polarization over the last two years. This is the reconciliation of duality, the chaos before a new state. Within everyone, there is a battle of good and bad going on. As the Cherokee legend says, a…
“Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.” (Margaret J. Wheatley) Wishing you all a smooth metamorphosis in 2022! -The Architect as Business Optimizer- ‘Squaring the circle by connecting the dots’
The learn/work environment is the place in which many policies converge like Finance, Operation, Sales & Marketing, HRM, and specific programs such as those relating to safety & security, health & wellbeing and sustainability. The motto People, Planet, Profit (Prosperity) sounds nice, but as a rule, it does not involve more than at most some…
The multi-faceted environment influences how you think and feel. The human mind, emotions and body, Inner Environment, are not separate and distinct from their Outer Environment. A well-designed campus for learning in the 21st century is a place to construct knowledge and facilitate experiential learning. The learn/work environment is an ecosystem of Bricks, Bytes and…
Solidified policy The higher education landscape is changing. Over the last centuries, educational institutions have undergone substantial changes in learning theories and pedagogical approaches. From a place of instruction – transmission (19th century), via a place to produce learning – transactional (20th century) to a place to construct knowledge – transformational (21st century). The new…
Human-centred approach Accommodation is not only about the right physical and digital working environment but much more about how people feel and act in their working environments. It is about their passion and commitment to their work. How they collaborate and share ideas to create together added value for the organization and at the same…
Don’t THINK LEFT wing or RIGHT wing. Open your mind THINK for YOURSELF. Open your HEART and ACT… Wish you all an amazing 2021! -The Architect as Business Optimizer- ‘Squaring the circle by connecting the dots’
Artist Dominique Wagner painted the Da Vinci Code – ‘Squaring of the circle by connecting the dots’ and created her version of the ‘Vitruvian Man’. Using the ATELIER V-man as a model. The inscription in a square and a circle in the original painting of Leonardo da Vinci from around 1490 (estimate value £860 million)…
In memoriam: Paul de Blot (15 May 1924 – 15 December 2019) Inspirator and mentor Prof Dr Paul de Blot SJ, passed away on Sunday 15 December 2019. He became 95 years. A re-post of the interview he gave to us in January 2016. 91 years young Prof. Dr Paul de Blot (still active as…