Ian Beckett MScMeeting my end in BoliviaThe road from Corani Lake to Cochabamba is filled with hundreds of crosses of those who will remain forever young.·2 min read·2 days ago----
Ian Beckett MScinEngageMaybe We Already Live in The MatrixEssay and poetry·4 min read·4 days ago--1--1
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONReversing Up a One-Way StreetOccasionally, I get a flash of illumination — this last week, when I read Thomas L. Friedman’s “Thank You For Being Late”, I had a “hey —…·2 min read·Apr 3, 2024--1--1
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONThere are only three certainties in life — Death, Taxes and Job LossEveryone knows about the first two, as they are an oft-quoted analogy for explaining certainty. You can defer but never avoid, as the…·4 min read·Mar 27, 2024----
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONThis Shit Works!I love the Quentin Tarantino movie Kill Bill, where Michael Madson, as Budd, asks Daryl Hannah, who plays Elle Driver, “They say the number…·3 min read·Mar 12, 2024----
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONEvery Villain is a Hero in their own Story.Conversely, I don’t know anyone who is the villain in their own story.·2 min read·Feb 21, 2024--2--2
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONHow to Survive and Thrive.I was 20 in the ’70s and will be 70 in the ’20s. Over those 50 years, I mostly learned what NOT to do when managing people, products and…·4 min read·Feb 17, 2024--2--2
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONHe who Can, Does. He who Cannot, TeachesThis quote is taken from the 1903 play Man and Superman, by George Bernard Shaw, in the section Maxims for Revolutionists.·3 min read·Feb 2, 2024----
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONTransforming People into ProfitYou know all the management theories of KISS and DEI, but it is not happening for you — why?·4 min read·Jan 27, 2024----