Monthly Archives: March 2004

JUST FOR FUN

Posted on March 13, 2004 by Dave Pollard

It’s the weekend. Relax and unwind. Discover some: Great Art: E-Den is the site of Hong Kong artist Mok E-Den. Mok has been schooled in classical Chinese painting by some of the masters of the art. He’s also a remarkable … Continue reading →

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BUSINESS CASE FOR THE CARING ENTERPRISE COACH

Posted on March 12, 2004 by Dave Pollard

A couple of months ago, I published on these pages my brochure for Meeting of Minds, my new social networking and knowledge strategy consulting business. What’s holding me back from launching it isn’t the market — there seems to be … Continue reading →

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WHAT’S THIS ‘RSS’ ALL ABOUT?

Posted on March 11, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Despite the fact Radio Userland provides an integrated RSS news aggregator with its blog tool, it would appear that most Userland users, like most bloggers in general, don’t use this feature. In fact a number of bloggers don’t really know … Continue reading →

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GREETINGS TO THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY

Posted on March 10, 2004 by Dave Pollard

I had the great pleasure yesterday of making presentations to the Knowledge Cafe and the graduate Knowledge Management class of Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. I also met separately with several of the professors and graduate students of the university. … Continue reading →

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POLLARD’S PRINCIPLES OF KM, AND AN INVITATION TO JOIN AOK

Posted on March 10, 2004 by Dave Pollard

I am delighted to have been asked to be this month’s moderator of the online forum Association of KnowledgeWork (AOK) featuring some of the founders of, and some of the brightest and most creative thinkers in, the discipline of Knowledge … Continue reading →

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TEN WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Posted on March 9, 2004 by Dave Pollard

I‘ve always been ambivalent about ethicist Peter Singer’s work (which is most famously in the area of animal rights, though his new book, The President of Good & Evil,  is about Bush’s “pattern of ethical confusion and self-contradiction”). I’ve always … Continue reading →

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HOW CORPORATISM THREATENS DEMOCRACY

Posted on March 8, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Corporatism is government run by and for corporations, in the belief that this is the most “efficient” model of national management. It is the model that has been used by ultra-conservative totalitarian regimes in Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Italy in … Continue reading →

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GLOBAL WARMING AND THE CRIME OF DENIAL

Posted on March 7, 2004 by Dave Pollard

I have very limited patience with those who deny human responsibility for upper-atmosphere pollution and ozone depletion, or deny their impact on the geothermal dynamics of our planet, or the potentially disastrous consequences of the resultant climate instability on Earth’s … Continue reading →

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AT LEAST SOMEWHERE THERE IS PEACE

Posted on March 6, 2004 by Dave Pollard

This photo is from the NASA site — Saturn as seen from the approaching Cassini spacecraft. Should be amazing pictures to come as it gets closer. Thanks to Pacific Views for the link.

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STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Posted on March 6, 2004 by Dave Pollard

My niece Kim Allan was one of the actresses in this year’s Toronto benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues last weekend. It’s outrageous and funny, and not nearly as shrill in its feminist message as detractors might have you believe. … Continue reading →

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