Change Happens!

Change Happens!

“Businesses are under increasing pressure to change more rapidly, and IT (in particular, software) now ranks for many CEOs as a major impediment in achieving such change. SOA and associated changes in products and market structures will improve the ability of software to adapt to business change. The extent of this improvement will vary from company to company based on skills, the legacy of pre...

When Women Lead Change Happens

Something happens: elements of therapeutic change.

To make a difference therapists need a theory with which to understand the patient. They choose theories that suit them, and need technique to maintain the therapeutic setting. Psychotherapy developed from healing and medicine, and from our ethological heritage of care for dependants. It happens in a special setting which makes new experiences possible. In this article I list a number of ingred...

Imitation happens

Imitation happens. Sometimes it is obvious when it happens, such as the resemblance of Internet Explorer 1.0 to Netscape Navigator 1.0. Sometimes it is vaguely in the details, such as the resemblance of the trash can in Windows to the same symbol in the Macintosh OS. Sometimes it is there in spirit but not in detail, such as the way the Ford Windstar compares to the original Chrysler minivan. A...

Wealth happens.

The economic world is full of patterns, and one of the most controversial is the distribution of wealth. You might expect the balance between rich and poor to vary widely from country to country. But back in 1897, Vilfredo Pareto discovered a pattern of wealth distribution that appears to be universal. Whenever you double the amount of wealth within a country, the number of people in each succe...