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A Gentle Madness

A Gentle Madness

My third collection of poems based on my travels

2013

Stories

Ian Beckett MSc

Meeting my end in Bolivia

The road from Corani Lake to Cochabamba is filled with hundreds of crosses of those who will remain forever young.

2 min read2 days ago

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Meeting my end in Bolivia

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Ian Beckett MSc
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Engage

Maybe We Already Live in The Matrix

Essay and poetry

4 min read4 days ago

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Maybe We Already Live in The Matrix

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Reversing Up a One-Way Street

Occasionally, 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 readApr 3, 2024

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Reversing Up a One-Way Street

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There are only three certainties in life — Death, Taxes and Job Loss

Everyone 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 readMar 27, 2024

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There are only three certainties in life — Death, Taxes and Job Loss

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This 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 readMar 12, 2024

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This Shit Works!

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Every Villain is a Hero in their own Story.

Conversely, I don’t know anyone who is the villain in their own story.

2 min readFeb 21, 2024

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Every Villain is a Hero in their own Story.

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How 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 readFeb 17, 2024

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How to Survive and Thrive.

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ILLUMINATION

He who Can, Does. He who Cannot, Teaches

This quote is taken from the 1903 play Man and Superman, by George Bernard Shaw, in the section Maxims for Revolutionists.

3 min readFeb 2, 2024

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He who Can, Does. He who Cannot, Teaches

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Transforming People into Profit

You know all the management theories of KISS and DEI, but it is not happening for you — why?

4 min readJan 27, 2024

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Transforming People into Profit

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DEI will DIE unless it is Profitable.

3 min readJan 23, 2024

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DEI will DIE unless it is Profitable.

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Ian is a digital transformation expert who has saved companies over $250m by integrating technologies and diverse global teams effectively— he is a CEO and poet

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