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Published On: Jan 19, 2009 02:43 PM
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ABC-TV New Inventors program this week, June 30
Walking long distances on a plane?
What is this entry about?
I've been working this weekend on an essay about
trust in organisations. Naturally, working with anxious clients offers me some
special insights into trust, and fearful flying especially focusses on trust -
trust that commercial aviation is truly safe, and that the area of trust that
need most work is the clients' capacity to trust their beliefs it is safe and
distrust their emotions and physiology that false suggest danger. And doing this
while not switching off their capacity to know what to truly be afraid of - like
a wild taxi ride to the airport, which is likely to be the most dangerous part
of their day's flying.
Anyway, while taking a little break, I watch the local news on the ABC, Australia's public broadcaster, financed by our taxes. Think of the the UK's BBC and you have the idea.
While watching a promotion for an upcoming program called The New Inventors, I noticed the host speaking with an elderly woman
who has
invented a mini-walking amchine called the Travel Treadmill. Looks like a method
of taking a long walk on a plane. I imagine it could be useful to overcome the
threat of blood clots through lack of movement, which has been noted can occur
in planes, hospital beds and places of
confinement.
I have no idea what she has invented, but will tape the program and place some still frames on the blog if it proves interesting, as well as links to the show if the product seems to have legs!
Six degrees of separation connection: The New Inventors is a modern version of one that goes back to the 1980s.
A former member of a stop smoking program I ran on behalf of the Victorian Government's stop smoking program, called QUIT, appeared on the series then and won for a home handyman invention. Despite enormous struggles to get it commercialised, he eventually succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, and several years ago sold it for many, many millions of dollars, and retired to a "New Age" area of Australia. There he set up a Trust to work with young inventors, given that the Establishment from whom he had originally sought assistance turned out to be so conservative and risk-averse as to be holding back Australian innovation.
Truly a case of success is the best revenge (and is best tasted cold). And being a benefactor to others tastes even sweeter.
Anyway, while taking a little break, I watch the local news on the ABC, Australia's public broadcaster, financed by our taxes. Think of the the UK's BBC and you have the idea.
While watching a promotion for an upcoming program called The New Inventors, I noticed the host speaking with an elderly woman
who has
invented a mini-walking amchine called the Travel Treadmill. Looks like a method
of taking a long walk on a plane. I imagine it could be useful to overcome the
threat of blood clots through lack of movement, which has been noted can occur
in planes, hospital beds and places of
confinement.I have no idea what she has invented, but will tape the program and place some still frames on the blog if it proves interesting, as well as links to the show if the product seems to have legs!
Six degrees of separation connection: The New Inventors is a modern version of one that goes back to the 1980s.
A former member of a stop smoking program I ran on behalf of the Victorian Government's stop smoking program, called QUIT, appeared on the series then and won for a home handyman invention. Despite enormous struggles to get it commercialised, he eventually succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, and several years ago sold it for many, many millions of dollars, and retired to a "New Age" area of Australia. There he set up a Trust to work with young inventors, given that the Establishment from whom he had originally sought assistance turned out to be so conservative and risk-averse as to be holding back Australian innovation.
Truly a case of success is the best revenge (and is best tasted cold). And being a benefactor to others tastes even sweeter.
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