Who are you…now?
Rita Carter is a science writer who has written a number of books on the human brain and how it works. Her most recent book is called Multiplicity and it examines the idea that we do not have one...
View ArticleDialectical bootstrapping
Are they dialectical? How could I resist writing about a technique with such a delightfully preposterous name! It has the same ridiculous elegance as ‘planned happenstance‘ and ‘positive compromise‘....
View ArticleRIASEC hats
Which one of these is realistic? In The Careers Group hold regular guidance forums. These are informal learning meetings for careers advisers to discuss any guidance related issues. The last forum was...
View ArticleDoes self awareness make for quicker decisions?
How easy is it to make decisions wearing one of these? In a rather cute bit of research by Takashi Nakao at Nagoya University, Japan (and a whole host of researchers at Hiroshima University), students...
View ArticleDo I still like MBTI? (Part 3)
Sometimes a personality just won't stand still In part 1 of this series, I gave my take on some of the weaknesses and limitations of MBTI and its underlying Jungian theory of psychological types. In...
View ArticleThe costs of reframing
Some reframing needed here. (Actually, this is how my brain feels right now!) I have just returned once again from being a tutor on the AGCAS Guidance Skills (Advanced) course in Warwick. We had an...
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