All Blog Posts Tagged 'innovation' (9)

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العرب اليوم

1/11/2011

 

تراجعت مرتبة الأردن هذا العام في "تقرير التنافسية العالمي" من 65 بين 139 دولة الى 71 من بين 142 دولة, وهو تراجع ليس ببسيط أو قليل الأهمية, خاصة أن هذا المعيار يعتبر المعيار الأول في قياس الأداء الاقتصادي والتنافسية للدول بالنسبة لغيرها; أيضا تراجع ترتيب الأردن أربعة مواقع في تقرير "سهولة ممارسة الأعمال" لهذا العام من 107 الى 111 من بين…

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Where improvements occurred, they were slight, and where failures occurred, they were significant. It is important that decision makers take this drop in competitiveness seriously; the issue needs to be addressed by the proponents of economic dialogue.

Looking at…

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What is the job title of the woman who works in the leather tanning workshop of an NGO that is sustained through aid?  

What are the job titles of the women who weaved the lovely rug in my living room? ...continue on my Reframe blog at Femeo

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AlGhad, 13/12/2009

One has given up on a people-responsive or enlightened government, as well as on Parliament being the voice of a nation.



The most educated and innovative nation in MENA is being held back by the very institutions that are supposed to work for it as enablers. That is why people had no sympathy for the dissolved Parliament, and do not really seem to care if the current Cabinet simply goes home, for it can hardly see what is wrong, does nothing to alleviate what everybody sees as wrong… Continue

In a 1993 study at the Berlin Academy of Music, Dr. Anders Ericsson found that by age 20 top level violinists had practiced 10,000 hours.



Buddhist monks who have meditated for over 10,000 hours score off the scale for compassion.



It takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become a chess grand master.



"Around the world,… Continue

أردن مبدع؟ Isn't that an oxymoron? Jordanians are not creative.



Given our lack of so many other things, I believe creativity is inherent to us if we are encouraged to be aware of it and discover ways to make it blossom.



In a country where the indigenous asset through and through is people and their intellectual capabilities, it is paramount to acknowledge the vitality of creativity.



And creativity is really about everybody, isn’t it? It’s not exclusive to a… Continue