Olympic dream

Constructing the Olympic Dream: A Future Perfect Strategy of Project Management

In this paper we investigate a uniquely complex organizational context—that of the fast-tracked large-scale project management of a significant piece of Sydney 2000 Olympic infrastructure, which we researched in terms of its management through the “future perfect.” In a grounded analysis we resolved to track how the future perfect developed in the life of one large, complex project whose unique...

One World, Just a Dream? Effects of the Beijing Olympic Icon on Perceived Differences between Eastern and Western Culture By

Dream incubation: ancient techniques of dream influence

Dream incubation refers collectively to the practices, rituals, techniques and efforts that an individual applies to intentionally evoke helpful dreams. Derived from the Latin verb incubare (in'upon' + cubare 'to lie'), the term connotes the support and nurturance provided by a laying mother bird for her developing egg. The parallels with dream influence are all too appropriate; in antiquity, t...

Olympic Run

Most game interfaces restrict the player to a place in front of the computer screen. In mixed reality applications the point of interaction seems to be moving away from technical devices towards a more natural user interface. Actions of players are no longer indirect and mediated by devices: i.e. a jump is a jump. A mixed reality enhanced game is presented, where the traditional interface is re...

Olympic conservation gloom

The European brown bear is one of the continent's most threatened species, being found in low numbers in many of their remaining, fragmented habitats. The largest population, numbering around 160, are found in the Pindus Mountains of northern Greece. But even this population is under increasing pressure from human activity and events such as the extensive forest fires last summer. Conservationi...