0037: The wooden chair

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Episode details: Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chairs, as seen in the Wooden chair as exemplar of emptiness section of the Quote barn.

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0036: Anecdote of Carlina

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Episode details: A reading of two short passages, one from The Art of Public Speaking, by John Rippingham (1814), and the other from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘The Comic’ (1875). By way of Wikipedia on the ‘sad clown paradox’ as shared on Mastodon by John Overholt.

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0035: Premortem

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Episode details: A reading and discussion of this, from 2023 ↓

Premortem: before starting a new project, learn why it will end in failure

A simple method for uncovering big, ‘undiscussable’ risks to a project.

Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr

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0034: On speeding things up

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Episode details: a reading and discussion of this, from 2023 ↓

On speeding things up

Learning from the hourglass & the snake.

Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr

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0033: Vanishing fish, boiling frogs & the dry bed of the sea

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Episode details: A reading of this, from 2025 ↓

Vanishing fish, boiling frogs & the dry bed of the sea

Making sense of ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ in the world & in the workplace.

Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr

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0032: We have to remember this

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Episode details: A reading and expansion of this, from 2026 ↓

We have to remember this: notes for January 2026

Responding with attention, kindness & action as people return to work in difficult circumstances.

Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr

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