Feeling true change from inside Jan van Deventer EISLAB September 4, 2006

Goal of the lectures Discuss deep issues within the division Boost feeling of self-worth Boost interdependence Build a strong team Division gains international fame

Main reference The 7 habits of highly effective people –Stephen R. Covey My life

Jan van Deventer History Origin –Parents –Name –Religious –Political Dream Work in progress –Feelings versus rationalizations –Setting boundaries

Theory versus experience Validation of models Differential equations Partial fraction decomposition Small signals Forgiveness

Old woman

Young woman

Who do you see?

Paradigm shifts Perception versus reality Being is seeing Principle-centered paradigm

Natural laws Gravity Time to grow “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them” A. Einstein

Timber Reactive language Micro-controller

Habits “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Habits –Knowledge –Skills –Desire

Warnings It takes time... (years) You hold the keys “We can bring a horse to the water but the horse has to drink itself.”