We humans are unique in terms of our ability to adapt to the widest range of ecological conditions. We achieve this by having babies who are very unformed at birth and who are formed in response to sensory inputs from the conditions that surround them – the environment and people in it.
Read MoreTeachers do well what they do, every metric I know supports this view.
Professions are examples where the meaning created in the relationship between professional and client is a large part of the value created overall. For example, it is now well established that a doctor’s bedside manner has a significant impact on the recovery rate of their patients*.
Read MoreEmergence is the term used for a phenomenon which is the closest thing to magic that is still admissible scientifically. It refers to a new feature arising when two or more elements come together in a relationship that has synergy, meaning the total is greater than the sum of the parts.
Our eyes are an elegant example, neither eye has depth perception but when we put two eyes together in the right relationship, depth perception emerges as a new property that brings advantage to the eyes’ owner.
Read MoreThe shift from “children are intrinsically bad” and their development needs to be carefully prescribed and controlled to “children are intrinsically good” and will flourish where constraints are loose and meaningful relationships provide guidance and stimulation, is a change in belief. Changes in belief imply conversion.
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