July 2016

24 Jul

Can A Number Become Self-Aware?

by Jeremy Chance

Numbers matter.

Every area of knowlege involves numbers and mathematics, even philosophy.

When you tune in, numbers both reveal and predict behaviour.

17 Jul

Midnight Stare – Are you Sure? Are you Really Sure?

by Jeremy Chance

How brave are you?

Read on, and you will understand why I am asking this question.

This morning I was reading Peter Drucker – a famous management consultant who often worked in Japan - and a sentence in his book jumped out at me as quite profound. He wrote:

"Individual self-development in large measure depends on the focus on contributions."

How you can contribute to Society is a tricky question.

10 Jul

Results Exist Only On The Outside

by Jeremy Chance

Years ago, when it was not so fashionable, I was involved in the work of Werner Erhard.

03 Jul

QUIZ: Who’s A Famous Nerd Who Can Empathize?

by Jeremy Chance

“Wow daddy, everywhere here has free Wi-Fi.”

My two girls – 14 and 17 - are with me in Japan. We are wandering around inside the sultry envelope of a damp Tokyo summer. Of course, two teenage girls are way more interested in free WiFi than temples and boring stuff like that. Unless there’s a photo op…

“Hey dad, take my photo walking down these stairs.”

Why? I wonder.

“I want to post it to Instagram.”

Instagram. Right. Still trying to figure that out.