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Giorgio Bertini
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Rhizomatic thought in nursing: an alternative path for the development of the discipline
Using the work of Deleuze and Guattari, this paper proposes an alternative way to conceive the development of nursing knowledge, which, we think, could represent an alternative way to explore the discipline of nursing. For decades, nursing as a discipline has tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Rhizomatic pedagogy, Rhizomes
Tagged rhizomatic pedagogy, rhizomes
Improving creativity performance by short-term meditation
Background: One form of meditation intervention, the integrative body-mind training (IBMT) has been shown to improve attention, reduce stress and change self-reports of mood. In this paper we examine whether short-term IBMT can improve performance related to creativity and determine … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Meditation
Tagged creativity, Meditation
Meditation improves self-regulation over the life span
The use of meditation to improve emotion and attention regulation has a long history in Asia and there are many practitioners in Western countries. Much of the evidence on the effectiveness of meditation is either anecdotal or a comparison of … Continue reading
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Tagged Meditation, Self-regulation
Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation
Recent studies suggest that months to years of intensive and systematic meditation training can improve attention. However, the lengthy training required has made it difficult to use random assignment of participants to conditions to confirm these findings. This article shows … Continue reading
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Tagged Meditation, Self-regulation
Forecasting the Dynamics of Civil Unrest Activity in Social Media
Online social media activity can often be a precursor to disruptive events such as protests, strikes, and “occupy” movements. We have observed that such civil unrest can galvanize supporters through social networks and help recruit activists to their cause. Understanding … Continue reading
Posted in Civil unrest, Social media
Tagged Civil unrest, social media
Understanding the Dynamics of Violent Political Revolutions
This paper develops an agent-based computational model of violent political revolutions in which a subjugated population of citizens and an armed revolutionary organisation attempt to overthrow a central authority and its loyal forces. The model replicates several patterns of rebellion … Continue reading
Posted in Revolution
Tagged revolution
Levels and degrees of emergence: toward a matrix of complexity
Emergence is at the core of entrepreneurship research, which has explored the coming-into-being of opportunities, new organisations, re-organisations, and new industries, agglomerations, and so on. Emergence is also at the theoretical core of complexity science, which is dedicated to exploring how and why emergence … Continue reading
Posted in Complexity, Emergence
Tagged complexity, emergence
Bringing Complexity into Social Analysis: Three Principles from Emergence
Systems are increasingly complex, and traditional theories and constructs don’t consider the dynamics of the social world. Through 60+ published papers exploring these complexity dynamics, I have summarized the differences into three core insights: Non-linearity, Interdependence, and Emergence. This brief review summarizes … Continue reading
Posted in Complexity, Emergence, Social analysis
Tagged complexity, emergence, Social analysis
Entrepreneurship as Emergence
Emergence is at the core of entrepreneurship research, which has explored the coming into being of opportunities, new organizations, re-organizations, and new industries, agglomerations, and so on. Emergence is also at the theoretical core of complexity science, which is essentially dedicated to exploring … Continue reading
Posted in Emergence, Entrepreneurship
Tagged emergence, entrepreneurship
Generative Emergence: A New Discipline of Organizational, Entrepreneurial, and Social Innovation
How do organizations become created? Entrepreneurship scholars have debated this question for decades, but only recently have they been able to gain insights into the non-linear dynamics that lead to organizational emergence, through the use of the complexity sciences. Written … Continue reading
Posted in Complexity, Emergence, Generative emergence
Tagged complexity, emergence, Generative emergence
