The source of our happiness is closer than ever to being located, measured and commodified. Alex Renton meets the ‘psychoeconomists’ and asks, have they created a monster? Smiles all round: ‘Human happiness, an abstract concept since the time of the ancient Greeks, is now a commodity.’ Illustration: Rob Biddulph The happiest man in the world
Continue reading »Juliette Binoche: ‘Depardieu wanted to kill me. But I am still here’ | Film | The Guardian
‘La Binoche’ admits to an inner fire that has driven her ascent to French ‘royalty’ – and in her latest film (about a revered actor) she’s virtually playing herself. Would Gérard Depardieu still call her ‘nothing’ now? Juliette Binoche: ‘My work is important but my relationships are too. It’s not one against the other.’ Photograph:
Continue reading »Longevity, The Secrets of Long Life, Sights & Sounds – National Geographic Magazine
via ngm.nationalgeographic.com Genetics only accounts for 30% in determining how long you live…the rest is up to your lifestyle. #healthcare #ageing #elders #health #longevity
Continue reading »Staying the same through 50 years of change at The Wayside Chapel – NSW [Aus] | Change Management Institute
via www.change-management-institute.com Graham Long teaches about overcoming adversity and #behavioural #change from the human perspective 19th May don't miss. #wellbeing #society #commongood
Continue reading »Unhappy Workers Cost the U.S. Up to $550 Billion a Year (Infographic)
3 Reasons Why You Should Manage Sales Activity Instead of PipelineAccurate activity data will allow both you and management to have a true understanding of what's going on in the business and whether pipelines are achievable. Choose Your Own Adventure: How to Take Your Business to the Next StepYou may know exactly where you are
Continue reading »Building Better Nursing Homes – The Atlantic
CHELSEA, Ma.—The woman Barry Berman saw sitting in the dining room of the nursing home was not his mother. Or, at least, she was his mother, but didn’t look anything like her. His mother was vivacious, or she had been until she was felled by a massive stroke and then pneumonia, so he’d moved her
Continue reading »Cookies – The Mandarin
Cookies – The Mandarin It's not the fault of Project Managers. Delivering benefits requires good communication across all audiences and delivery teams. It requires clearly articulating the "intention" behind the project, strategy and/or objectives. In a language each audience understands. Managing the intention leads quite naturally to managing each audience's self-interest and behaviours to achieve
Continue reading »Local approach to EMRs essential for OS vendors
Australian hospitals looking to implement a full EMR from one of the commonly used international vendors should ensure that the product is Australianised or it won't work successfully in the local environment, UnitingCare's Richard Royle says. Mr Royle, the driving force behind the construction of Australia's first fully integrated digital hospital, St Stephen's at Hervey
Continue reading »Dutch nursing home lets students live rent free – RN Drive – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The cost of aged care is rising, as are rents for student housing. Now a retirement home in the Netherlands has developed an ingenious share house solution to help both the young and the elderly, as RN Drive reports. When Jurriën Mentink was 19, he moved into a retirement home. His neighbour is 72 years
Continue reading »Sydney businessman Mark Carnegie shares his vision for a ‘better society’ to kickstart debate – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Posted March 18, 2015 13:53:24 Photo: Venture capitalist and social warrior Mark Carnegie photographed in his office courtyard. (702 ABC Sydney: John Donegan) Map: Sydney 2000 via www.abc.net.au @MarkCarnegie comes out in favour of MeaningfulConversations.#change #conversation #society #commongood
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