Two ex-special operations guys armed with MBAs seek out people leading lives less ordinary, in order to find out how they fill their ‘unforgiving minutes’, and what helps them go, always, a little further. Like intellectual bowerbirds, we collect shiny little objects of knowledge that will help build better humans. Co-hosted by Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis.
Episodes
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
In this episode, we meet Elizabeth Armstrong, the Director of the Paung Sie Facility (PSF) in Myanmar. We discuss intractable conflicts and practical peace building; leading through complexity; and how to prioritise endless demands and a constantly changing regime of priorities!
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Defn: 'Insoluble'
/ɪnˈsɒljʊb(ə)l/
adjective
- impossible to solve.
"the problem is not insoluble"
Synonyms: unsolvable, insolvable, unable to be solved, without a solution, unanswerable, unresolvable....
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- 4:42. Forbes Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesnycouncil/2019/01/22/nine-predictions-for-social-purpose-in-2019/#f05309371a92
- 15:42 George Orwell’s essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’: https://www.amazon.com/Shooting-Elephant-George-Orwell/dp/0141187395
- 33.22: Elizabeth on Leadership & Gender
- 39:45: Elizabeth on 'Happiness'
- 43:20. Elizabeth on 'Not making dreams your master...' (Kipling)
- C.P. Cavafy’s poem ‘Ithaka’: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51296/ithaka-56d22eef917ec
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