While the Swedish are testing the efficacy of a 30-hour work week, many of us are have been extending the regular 40 by stashing work hours at home, hiding them from our time and labor sheets, and pretending it’s the fault of our work-machine boss. But let’s face it… the education system worked a bit too well… you love what you do for a living… and now you’re stretching the … [Read more...] about 15 Confessions of Workaholics….Is this you?
Arts, Culture & Creativity
How do CrossFit and development relate?
If we have an opportunity to meet, it does not take very long before you know that I love fitness and I am obsessed with CrossFit. It was actually during an excruciating workout that I realized how it can relate to development. Even through Anaerobic exercise I can’t stop thinking about the Bank and development. 1) Specializing is great. A holistic strategy brings success. … [Read more...] about How do CrossFit and development relate?
“Explaining” Cricket
It didn't take me long after arriving in the English-speaking Caribbean to figure out that Latin American stories about this beautiful game might be just urban legends. They abound: cricket is boring, too complex ever to understand; games last for days, weeks; spectators can’t wear a cap or cheer out loud - you can only raise cards with 4 or 6; raise the wrong card, you are … [Read more...] about “Explaining” Cricket
Sports Fishing Project Preserving Guyana’s Natural Resources
In the rivers and ponds of Guyana's unspoiled rain forest, there is a place where sport fishing can help preserve the country's natural resources and culture by supporting its indigenous peoples in a responsible way. This Sports Fishing Cluster project was launched by Compete Caribbean this month to support a cluster of eco-lodges in the North Rupununi of Guyana to … [Read more...] about Sports Fishing Project Preserving Guyana’s Natural Resources
What is ‘flow’?
As part of IDB Cultural Center’s Caribbean focus, we present an exhibit of art from the region dealing with the impact of popular visual culture and creativity in its economy. It has long been held that art was not an economically sound activity. Today many make a living of making art, whether selling graffiti paintings on canvas or tattooing rich and famous … [Read more...] about What is ‘flow’?