Conceptual Landscapes
A conceptual landscape is a diagram containing a set of concepts ― principally unrelated to terms. This diminishes terminological bickering and heightens clear thinking at the conceptual level. A few examples on blog: [see: “Landscape of Empathy“] [see: “Triangle of Therapy“] [see: “Triangle of Religion“] Terms Of course, terms are used to denote the concepts. Read the full article…
Is Competence Classification any Good?
This depends on the way one uses them. Several systems of classification There are several national and international competence classification systems: ESCO (of the EU). To give some idea, this contains 13485 ‘skills.’ ISCO (of the International Labour Organization) COMPETENT (VDAB – Belgium, UWV – NL, Pôle Emploi, FR) O*Net These are enumerations, lists of Read the full article…
How Long will Humanism Stay Asleep?
Many global problems will only become worse if this basic philosophical issue doesn’t get resolved in most people’s minds. It’s as – immensely! – crucial as that. Also, as simple as that. Another tradition may explain. ‘Buddha’ literally means ‘the awakened.’ [see: “Buddha-Nature“] In modern scientific terms, this means awakening from the dual Cartesian dream. Read the full article…
Wars ARE Failures
Failures of diplomacy, all right, but more than that, of cultures. Fresh from med school, I almost enlisted as a medical paratrooper. I’m still entirely behind that mindset of mine from back then. Surprise, surprise? Everything is connected. This is true in-depth. Within one culture, seemingly disparate domains are profoundly connected. We may strive towards Read the full article…
Healthcare Has No Borders
The natural reality doesn’t work with merely conventional borders. Thus, it doesn’t fit with medical culture ― causing intractable problems. Profoundly In the first half of the 21st century, we witness several profound and global problems that seem to be brought about by ourselves. We may look for their deeper cause in human nature or Read the full article…
The Paradox Principle
The more, the worse, related to the humanly not seeing oneself in-depth. Many consequences of this are the opposite of durability. I dislike contradictions. I like a good paradox. A contradiction is about two statements that cannot both be true, yet they are both brought as true. There is either confusion or a lie involved. Read the full article…
Wu Wei in Leadership
Traditionally a characteristic of the idealized Chinese leader, ‘effortless action’ doesn’t always appeal to Western-style leadership. With a twist in-depth, it may appeal to any leadership worldwide. Hopefully, this contributes to [see: “One Future, One World”]. In any case, recognizable leadership everywhere is a good start. Open Leadership [see this category on the blog-wiki] This Read the full article…
One Future, One World
At present, a dream, although an awakened one. Without striving for it, it will never happen. So, let’s dream and strive. I cannot imagine a distant future without far-reaching unity. Hopefully, there will be many diverse cultures and always a lot to discover. Hopefully, these cultures will recognize that we are all very much the Read the full article…
Empathy Before Money?
This is indeed challenging in a world (still) bent on money. The challenge is to make ’empathy’ more worthy in the stakeholders’ perception. Money at second place This may seem too idealistic to be viable. Does the money not always prevail? “Cash is king” and “Money makes the world go round”? So, will people who Read the full article…
Do Mental Diagnoses Make Sense?
This question needs to be viewed and answered pragmatically. There is as yet no other way. What is a diagnosis? This is related to disease, but not necessarily. A syndrome is a set of statistically or otherwise conventionally related symptoms. The concept of <syndrome> lies somewhere between <symptom> and <disease>. Let’s put syndrome and disease Read the full article…
Why We Need Serial Treatment Assumption Testing
In medicine – regular and alternative (CAM) – Serial Treatment Assumption Testing (STAT) is a feasible and necessary tool to open up what has always been medical science’s intention. What is STAT? Quite straightforwardly, in its essence, it’s about serially asking study subjects to guess in which of two study groups they are (active medication Read the full article…
AURELIS and Other Alternatives
AURELIS is sometimes seen as ‘alternative, therefore present in the same boat as all other alternatives.’ I find that disturbing. As a comparison That would be like throwing present-day regular medicine in the same boat as the worst alternatives to the leeches, venipunctures, and scarifications that were regular medicine two hundred years ago. That would Read the full article…
AURELIS Values in Diplomacy
As in coaching, ethical values are yardsticks to keep on a decent track within diplomacy. The ‘AURELIS five’ are nothing more nor less than this. They are also a means for gaining confidence. Diplomacy overlaps with mediation and negotiation. The best diplomacy being transformative, this overlaps with [see: “AURELIS Transformative Mediation“] (not meditation) [see: “Transformative Read the full article…
Transformative Negotiation
This is a quite specific take on the concept of negotiation, with much emphasis upon humans as total persons. The explicit aim: a better world. Negotiation everywhere The stakes may be high or low. You can negotiate with your daughter about the hour she returns at night, or at the highest level between nations to Read the full article…
Modernism – Postmodernism – Post-Postmodernism
Twentieth-century Europe has seen the three of them, with huge ups and downs as a result. We still haven’t passed the test cum laude. Conceptual – subconceptual Modernism (in stark form, as is meant in this text) as a movement attempts to conceptualize reality as a whole. At most, “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must Read the full article…
Arrogance and the Skeptic Mind
Arrogance doesn’t invite skepticism. On the contrary, yet it sometimes appears to go together. Even more, it sometimes appears to be an indispensable combination. And that’s a bad thing for skepticism. Internally, because an arrogant attitude doesn’t optimally invite one to keep thinking. Now, that is precisely what a skeptic mind does: keep thinking. You Read the full article…
People in Need of Diagnosis
Mainly to be taken seriously. Why do they need a diagnosis to be taken seriously? Is there no other way? It is essential to listen to the physical heart. Meaning: what can be conceptualized, should be done so. Also, what can best be looked at from the somatic viewpoint, should be looked at this way. Read the full article…