How Aha! Really Happens

Hi guys! This article from S+B discusses research on how creative insight actually happens and what it means for business. Interesting! How Aha! Really Happens. Do have a great day! Pete Cullen

Chomsky on biology and the mind

Culture as an Individual Process

Hi guys, we’ll kick off this year with Rainer Lenz’s “Culture as an Individual Process”.  Question: If Geerte Hofstede calls culture the “collective programming of the mind”, how does Lenz make the case that it is an “individual process”. What are the sociological assumptions behind this position? Hmmmm….. See you on Wednesday! Via Oddi Aula [...]

Time

Ok – this week’s article is about the perception of time.  What did you think?  While the concept of time and it’s practical application in culture IS fundamental – how philosophical do we need to be about it?  When, in other words, does cultural consideration STOP being functional for business settings?  Using this example of [...]

Weekly readings

Good morning everyone! I hope you’ve done, or you’re busy doing the weekly reading for this week.  We’ll discuss mostly the Lenz article, which should get your brains working on the directions that cultural studies can take, and the relationships this can have with business. Do you agree with Lenz? Why, why not? more – [...]