All posts by: Thomas Cagley

Accessibility Is An Ethical Issue, A Conversation With Mike Paciello, SPaMCAST 851

SPaMCAST 851 will feature our interview with Mike Paciello. Accessibility which should be a basic human right has always been a struggle and now seems even farther from reality. Mike... Read More

Poverty as Capability Deprivation, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Week 6, Chapter 4

In Chapter 4 of Development as Freedom, Sen states that value is generated based on the “freedoms a person enjoys that allows them to lead the life they have reason... Read More

Change Resistance or Apathy, More on Manipulation and Persuasion, Essays and Conversations With Susan Parente SPaMCAST 850

Several weeks ago I spent too much time in the middle of the night considering a scenario of apparent change resistance. I concluded that not everything that looks like resistance... Read More

Freedom and the Foundations of Justice, Re-read Saturday, Development as Freedom, Week 5, Chapter 3

The author uses the discussion of Rawlsian theory of justice as fairness to set the tone and table for Chapter 3 of f Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen. The... Read More

Industrialization of AI, A Conversation With Barzan Mosafari, SPaMCAST 849

SPaMCAST 849 features our interview with Prof. Barzan Mosafari. Mr Mosaari is the co-founder and CEO of Keebo.ai. We talked about the industrialization of AI and using AI to deliver... Read More

Development as Freedom, Re-read Saturday Week 4, Chapter 2, The Ends and the Means of Development

In Chapter 2 of Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen, the author takes a deep dive into the goals and mechanisms of development. The chapter begins by contrasting two common... Read More

Only Outcomes Matter…Not, Manipulation and Persuasion, Essays and Conversations with Jon M Quigley, SPaMCAST 848

I’ve often heard the argument that only outcomes matter, from bosses and colleagues to pundits, and more recently, even from coaches and change agents. This consequentialist view—that the ends justify... Read More

Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen, Week 3, Chapter 1, The Perspective of Freedom

“No man is free who is not master of himself.”Epictetus The first chapter of Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen (have you bought your copy?) explores the relationship between freedom... Read More

Shift: From Product To People, A Conversation with Oliver-Krueger and Dougherty, SPaMCAST 847

SPaMCAST 847 features a wide-ranging discussion with Pete Oliver-Krueger and Michael Dougherty. We discuss their new book, Shift: From Product To People. Shift is a business novel of organizational change.... Read More

Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen, Week 2, Preface and Introduction

This week we tackle the Preface and Introductions of Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen (have you bought your copy?). These two sections provide important insights into the rest of... Read More