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Category Archives: Psychology
Enjoying disorder
Having published my own research on messy desks and knowledge workers an age ago in 1994, it was pleasing to see that people are still exploring this fascinating subject. This more recent article explores some of the benefits of living … Continue reading
Oblique or Obscure – Psychology & Art
For the past couple of years, I’ve been part of a small artist group, the Larks and Ravens. My personal interest, as ever, is psychology – in this case exploring how visual art can trigger new ways of viewing our … Continue reading
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Tagged art, larks and ravens, psychology, socially engaged, Tate Modern
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The divisive nature of referendums
We’ve experienced two referendums in the UK in the past 2 years (first Scotland’s Indyref and then the UK’s Brexit). Both have proved socially divisive – across and within countries, across and within regions and neighbourhoods and even across and … Continue reading
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Tagged brexit, divisive, indyref, minimum group paradigm, psychology, referendums
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In a world without jobs, how do we prosper?
The concept of a universal basic income (if a way can be found to achieve it) could help address a combination of problems. It would replace the administratively complex, expensive and psychologically debilitating benefits system. It would avoid people doing … Continue reading
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Tagged experiential, prosperity, psychology, research, universal basic income, wellbeing
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Exploring value in Aldi
I am part of the experimental art group Larks and Ravens and we recently ran a Big Draw event where we invited customers in a Bristol Aldi store to draw what they valued on the shop windows! It was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldi, art, Big Draw, larks and ravens, psychology, value
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1000 footsteps, foraging & mere exposure
Last Saturday night, I attended the inaugural 1000 Footsteps pop up restaurant event. Adele Nozedar is a foraging guru and her partner, Liam Fitzpatrick a chef. Together they are creating unique meals where the vast majority of the ingredients have … Continue reading
Living with Bert-the-Battery for 5 months
We’ve now had our Wattstor 6 kW battery (‘Bert’) for 5 months. The first chart shows our daily kWh averages and how they are changing as summer tails off into autumn. Our daily average demand (red) has remained relatively consistent … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, Technology
Tagged battery, behaviour, domestic energy storage, experience, PV, solar
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