Old proverb which I first heard from Deepak Chopra.
God gave man the Truth.
The Devil saw this and said “That looks wonderful.. I shall organise this and call it… “religion“
This came to mind reading Katherine at Decent Marketing and johnmoore at Brand Autopsy today on the idea of BzzAgents. I’m not sure about BzzAgents.. I don’t want to pass judgement on something that’s new and developing. And I know I feel sceptical about the tide of post-Tipping Point next big ideas of this kind.
I went down to Surrey on Friday for long walk and pub lunch with Neil Perkin. We’d originally planned to run a workshop about agile
Antonio Dias offers a fascinating description of what goes wrong when drowning: What separates a swimmer from someone drowning is the way a swimmer acknowledges
Viv picks out some nice ideas from Phelim McDermott on the subject of leadership. “We love the security of the illusion that someone is in
I’ve been thinking about the urge to scale things lately – see here and here. I understand the concern with being able to effect big
In moving house, I radically downsized my collection of books which I can highly recommend. I used to think I’d one day find a reason
I really enjoy Chris Rodgers’ views on leadership. He argues against the assumption that it takes great leadership for organisations to succeed. He suggests that
Thanks to my Improvisation friend Kelsey Flynn I rambled into a letter cited in Margaret Cho’s Blog (go to Letter #1): Lately it seems like
I wanted to share this email doing the rounds this morning… AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE After every flight Qantas pilots fill out a form called a gripe
A quick ramble on the nature of paradox, inspired by a blog on the value of both fear of the new and curiosity
Well now you need wonder no more. A friend told me about this (no, seriously… my Feedster feed on improvisation turned it up). Is it
I’ve got a a twitter account (johnniemoore) and I’m experimenting to see if I like it. You may find I’m a bit erratic in updates. Please add me etc if
Hard on the heels of The Wisdom of Crowds comes Steve Davis’ Master Facilitator Journal with a feature on Groupthink. Here’s the summary When Does Groupthink Occur? Group think is
James Woudhuysen has produced a provocative and well thought out essay on the mischief of branding – and of anti-branders.
I found some interesting articles in the latest online edition of Greater Good. This one is all about power. Dacher Keltner challenges the Machiavelli notion of power in organisations with
