I like this paragraph from Michael Strong’s The Habit of Thought: “The effort of Socratic Practice is to develop students’ own standard of intellectual judgment by means of placing the onus of responsibility for understanding entirely on them and providing them with the tools and experiences necessary to develop their intellectual judgment. ‘Does it make […]
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My colleagues Shawn Klein and Michael Perry have issued a Call for Abstracts for the First Annual Rockford College Sports Studies Symposium, an interdisciplinary conference on the study of sport to be held on April 28, 2012 at Rockford College. From the CFA: Whether one is a participant, a casual spectator, a die-hard fan, or
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“Occupy Wall Street–or Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue?” That is the title of a talk I’ll be giving to the Philosophy Club at nearby Rock Valley College. Time and place: Tuesday, October 25, 3:00-4:00 in classroom building CL1, room 227, on the RVC campus. Should be fun. Thanks to Christopher McGill for the invitation.
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Federico Fernández and Martin Sarano of Argentina’s Bases Foundation spoke at Rockford College on the challenging political economy of Argentina and its impact on current business. A century ago Argentina’s economy was in the top ten in the world, but has declined significantly. Doingbusiness.org currently ranks Argentina ranked 115th. In the interview we talk about
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A Spanish translation of my “Why Art Became Ugly” has been published online. I do not know the translator, but to him or her I say: “Thanks!” The original piece was published in English in Navigator in 2004 and is now online here and has been translated into German [pdf], and Korean [pdf]. It’s also
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In my interview with Phyllis Johnson after her talk at Rockford College, Ms. Johnson and I discussed her entrepreneurial career as well as the challenges faced by coffee farmers in Africa–most of them low-paid women with little-to-no business education and who, in many cases, are not allowed to own farmland due to cultural, religious, or
Federico Fernández and Martin Sarano will speak on “Doing Business in Argentina: The current business climate and the ethical dilemmas it presents to entrepreneurs and corporations” to my Business and Economic Ethics class on Thursday, October 13. Early in the twentieth century, Argentina’s economy was one of the top ten in the world, but it
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My full Kaizen interview with entrepreneur Francesco Clark has been re-published, along with 15 other Kaizen interviews, in More Entrepreneurial Living: 16 More Stories of Innovation, Risk, and Achievement. The theme of the interview is Entrepreneurship and Overcoming Adversity, about which Clark is perfectly positioned to speak. At age 24 he became paralyzed from the
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