Unlearning the Learning One interesting way to judge an innovation’s impact is to examine its linguistic influence. It’s a bit like the ripples made by a pebble dropped into a pond, the force and scale of the ripples say something about the pebble. The Hoover brand not only became synonymous with vacuum cleaners in general …
Language Creates Reality Have you ever paused to consider what is language? It’s clearly more than just the articulation of spoken and written words. Language elucidates the unimaginable; triggers and soothes feelings; connects minds. It can open doors and burn bridges. In fact, the way we use language shapes our world in so many ways …
Warm Data Welcome to the new normal. We’re all wondering what it means but what if the language for it doesn’t exist yet? It would mean a revolution is quietly taking place in the human psyche as we adjust to the ramifications the shared experience of the pandemic. We’re asking ourself, what just happened? Is …
21st Century Public Health On June 9th 2016 we had the privilege of speaking at the Royal Society for Public Health’s (RSPH) Conference on Health Trainers, and their highly respected “Well Communities” Programme. Opening the conference, RSPH CEO Shirley Kramer, talked passionately about “Precision Public Health” and later there was a piece on “Rings of Confidence”. Not only …
