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Halcyon actively monitors change covering more than 150 key elements of life.

The 52:52:52 project, launching both on this site and on social media in early 2024 will help you address 52 issues with 52 responses over 52 weeks.

A Mundane Comedy is Dominic Kelleher's new book, which will be published in early 2024. The introduction is available here and further extracts will appear on this site in the coming months.

Organisational

Organisational - i.e. problems you may face and possible responses, at the company or other institutional level.

On What We Think

Submitted by Halcyon In Kal… on 31 December 2023
Kaleidoscope

 

The entries below highlight subjective views on an ever-changing range and scope of subjects.

This is less a blog than a set of irregularly updated and often fragmentary views - on ideas and values, places and people - evolving over time into mini essais which pay humble homage to the peerless founder of the genre. The writing is provisional, always open to change as new thoughts and ideas emerge.

The kaleidoscope is Halcyon's prime metaphor, embracing constant change and viewing the world through ever-moving lenses.

On the Ethical Development Goals

Submitted by Halcyon In Kal… on 11 December 2023
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This evolving paper examines Ethical Development Goals (EDGs) that could complement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

Introduction

The EDGs are inspired by the SDGs, officially known as ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, an intergovernmental set of aspiration Goals with 169 targets.

However, ethical considerations need to play a more central role in the implementation of the SDGs.

What's Changing? - Sleep
Sleep
Halcyon Impacts 9 December 2023

 

Please see below recent sleep-related change.

 

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December 2023

What's Changing? - Health

Submitted by Halcyon Impacts on 8 December 2023
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Please see below selected recent health-related change. This page includes general updates on mental health, but please see Halcyon's pages on anxiety, depression and therapy for more detailed content on those elements.

 

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What's Changing? - Addiction

Submitted by Halcyon Identifies on 7 December 2023
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Please see below selected recent addiction-related change.

 

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December 2023

  • The World Health Organisation called on governments everywhere to raise taxes on alcohol and sugary sweetened beverages in an effort to reduce health risks and deaths from both. “Globally 2.6 million people die from drinking alcohol every year and over 8 million from an unhealthy diet,” said the WHO.

 

November 2023

On Values 1

Submitted by halcyon on 6 December 2023
Values

 

Work in progress (as, indeed, is all Halcyon's work)

Dilbert

Why we need core values

Value pluralism (Isaiah Berlin) is linked to fallibility since there is no way to avoid conflict between different values and aspirations - George Soros, The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered - p157

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