Training as Initiation #2

Posted by on Jul 20, 2009 in education, learning, training | 0 comments

Last time I provided a suggestion as to why training and teaching might not be as life-changing as we would like.  There is usually no element of initiation with it.  The information transmitted therefore retains the status of ‘some more facts among many’ rather than initiating a significant shift in attitude and behaviour. Add to this another point.  When costs need cutting in an...

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Training as Initiation #1

Posted by on Jul 17, 2009 in learning, training | 0 comments

There’s a thought that’s been fluttering around in my head for a few months about why training for professional and personal development often seems to lack the potency we might wish. Sure, people are informed, even challenged.  They go away with some new knowledge and skills, and hopefully a different attitude.  But it rarely changes their lives.  Now, maybe you think I aim too...

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Why Are Men Such Fat, Stupid Wasters? #2

Posted by on Jul 13, 2009 in gender, series | 0 comments

My last blog was quite sore on those of my own sex who mope, whinge and generally waste their lives. Now its time to explain why they might be like this. Behold – the glory that is sexual equality on the BBC! Good for…what?  Would the world be a better place without men? Scientists claim to have grown human sperm in a lab, and columnists and bloggers are musing on the possibility of...

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