Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Errol Morris: Standard Operating Procedure

Standard Operating Procedure, directed by Errol Morris. (Film review)
This deep and gripping documentary film investigates the context of the infamous photographs taken at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003-2004 that show the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. It is an  important film about human nature under extreme conditions. The film is more about psychology than politics. Errol Morris does not try to assign blame to any one person or any specific group. He is answering questions such as: Why were these photographs taken at all? What was their context?

Thursday, July 7, 2011

John P. Kotter: Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down

How to Stop Good Ideas from Getting Shot Down | HBR Video IdeaCast on blip.tv
(video, 10 min, although I found only the audio part informative)
In this short podcast, John P. Kotter, Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, discusses the main points of his book on business communication Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down.

Please continue helping Ukraine and Israel: contact your elected officials

Those of us who live outside of Ukraine can help Ukraine by writing, calling or emailing our elected officials, urging them to continue help...