Richard Gayle points to this extraordinary video of the lyrebird which can imitate other birds but also cameras (standard and motor-drive), car alarms and chainsaws.
UPDATE: Chris Corrigan emailed me with a link to a moonwalking bird.
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
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
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
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
Craig Newmark, writing in the Neiman Foundation’s new report has lots of interesting things to say about how journalism and “citizen journalism” might develop. However I wanted to highlight this
Piers Young reports on research that shows diversity is a key to effective group problem-solving. But he says, our tendency to mix with kindred spirits may be in the way.
A few years back, when I had just moved to Cambridge, I was sitting in my new home feeling deeply depressed. The move had been extremely stressful and at that
Eli Pariser on the future of the Internet – War Room – Salon.com "The question is, can we rally around this brief moment of incredible efflorescence of creativity and innovation
