For the Nobel-Prize economist Joseph Stiglitz happiness is just as important as the measure of the economic success, or failure, of a society. For Stiglitz, along with a growing number of serious economists the question is whether a single-minded objective to economic growth has led to governments neglecting other important goals. Goals such as social [...]
Archive for the ‘psychology’ Category
The Measure of National Happiness
Posted in Business, Government, Sustainability, environment, philosophy, psychology on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leadership, or Not Leadership? That is the Question
Posted in Business, Government, Leadership, Sustainability, management, psychology on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It could be said that the world is in a spot of bother at the moment, and in times of crisis we hear a lot of talk about leadership. Indeed, I was reminded of an article in ‘American Psychologist ‘ (April 2009) written by Mark Van Vugt, Robert Hogan and Robert B. Kaiser called ‘Leadership, [...]
The Call for Leadership
Posted in Business, Government, Leadership, Shared Learning, learning, management, psychology on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is some time since my last LLPathway’s post. Sadly, the world recession continues with millions of people across the world suffering as a consequence . In the meantime what we hear from politicians, including world leaders, as well as business leaders, commentators and newspaper editorials is the need for leadership.
I suppose you can take two things [...]
Our Search for Meaning
Posted in Life skills, Shared Learning, learning, psychology on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s somewhat longer post revisits the world of humanistic psychology, and particularly the work of Erich Fromme (1900-1980). One of the most challenging of Fromm’s search for human motivation was his conviction that human beings are driven either consciously, or unconsciously, by the need to find answers to one’s existence. For Fromm the answers to [...]
