August 2009
11 posts
Dunbar's Number: 150. →
Dunbar’s number is a theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. These are relationships in which an individual knows who each person is, and how each person relates to every other person. (Wikipedia)
All large companies should employ Dunbar’s Number as a rule of thumb when structuring departments. Solid interpersonal...
“With ten minutes, a group of good people and a white board, I’m sure a...”
– Nathaniel Whittemore, Social Entrepreneurship: “Could Y Combinator Save the World?”
For-profit and Non-profit mixed business models. →
If a company can’t claim a valuable, positive contribution to society, should they be allowed to turn a profit?
Yellow Brick Road →
This company understands the need for communication in order to solve many of the world’s most challenging issues. Very cool.
Shouting goals into the ether.
Declaring goals publicly makes them feel more tangible to me. I may be the only person to read this list, but its existence gives me a sense of accountability. Lists give me momentum because they represent a deliberate, first step.
Here are a few goals in no specific order:
1. Be more active
2. Write creatively again
3. Fix my bike
4. Research social science/urban planning graduate programs
5....