• Building the Circle Being
  Ria Baeck
  (tags: toread circle facilitation leadership)

I shot this photo yesterday, and it needs a caption. Feel free to click through to the flickr page and leave one in the comments.

Update: Siona wins:

Rover knew his liberty came at a cost, but it was worth it. He was his own dog. After years of oppression, he could get up on the furniture.

And he wanted to world to know.

[tags]free couch hellhound[/tags]

• The American Scholar – A New Theory of the Universe – By Robert Lanza
  Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world–biocentrism–revolves around the way a subjective experience, which we call consciousness, relates to a physical proces
  (tags: philosophy toread biology physics science systems theory universe life)
• Before i Forget » EVERYONE LOVES ‘LITTLE BECKY’
  (tags: Little Becky)

• Creating a CSS layout from scratch : Subcide
  (tags: howto design reference)

• The Other Somalia: An Island of Stability in a Sea of Armed Chaos – New York Times
  “You can’t be donated power,” said Dahir Rayale Kahin, the president of the Republic of Somaliland, which has long declared itself independent from the rest of Somalia. “We built this state because we saw the problems here as our problems. Our bro
  (tags: politics somalia community leadershp)
• Martin Rees on TED Talks
  A beautiful story of our place in the universe and the subsequent moral challenge for humans.
  (tags: astronomy philosophy stories)
• Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory
  Brilliant post on emergent learning…food for thought about the role of harvesting
  (tags: community learning artofharvesting patterns organization design)
• The Change Management Toolbook: Spiral Dynamics (case study)
  Spiral dynamics and peace in Lebanon
  (tags: spiraldynamics evolution peace)
• What engages employees most or the ten C’s of employee engagement
  A nice little iist for inspiration
  (tags: leadership engagement design)