Improve Something Today
https://improvesomething.todayContinuous improvement in a complicated world. A blog, podcast, and free e-mail newsletter by Brian Kerr. Simplicity, patience, compassion.
Entries
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0038: 5 ways to approach goal-setting0:00/632.0641×Episode details: A reading and discussion of this, from 2022 ↓5 wa...
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0037: The wooden chair0:00/387.98933333333331×Episode details: Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chai...
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0036: Anecdote of Carlina0:00/265.813333333333331×Episode details: A reading of two short passages, one from The Art ...
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Given so many big things to be angry about, let’s indulge in some petty beefs instead. I offer four.
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0035: Premortem0:00/547.2641×Episode details: A reading and discussion of this, from 2023 ↓Premortem: before starting...
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0034: On speeding things up0:00/497.0241×Episode details: a reading and discussion of this, from 2023 ↓On speeding th...
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Two ways to make an 8-page mini-zine using stuff you already have—and three reasons why you might do this.
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0033: Vanishing fish, boiling frogs & the dry bed of the sea0:00/596.8321×Episode details: A reading of this, from 20...
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0032: We have to remember this0:00/403.7121×Episode details: A reading and expansion of this, from 2026 ↓We have to r...
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Responding with attention, kindness & action as people return to work in difficult circumstances.
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2½ readings on seeing failures & responding to them. Celebrating my accomplished & wonderful pals.
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Making sense of ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ in the world & in the workplace.
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Ways to practice: refusal, invitation, risk. The new Ram Dass book. Revisiting ‘whole-heartedness.’
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Revisiting Argyris’ ‘undiscussables’ as emergent, unwanted behaviors & as features of organizational control. Keeping...
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Readings on sneaker manufacturing, a dismal vision from the 1960s, & Wendell Berry on ‘provision.’ Plus two upcoming ...
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Remembering Joanna Macy. Two book recommendations (on AI & on facilitation). Two ways of looking at a chair.