As a certified introvert I might be expected to hate public speaking. Actually, I usually quite like it.
So I have to admit feeling chuffed that James and I got nominated for the best presented paper at last week’s Market Research Society Conference in Brighton.
(You can make your own ironic joke about what this might imply about the content.)
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
The Power of The Visible : Open up for Social change « Cased Challenging bribery (and other social ills) by making it more visible Notional Slurry » The only thing
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, in Good Business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning says this:One of the key tasks of management is to create an organization that stimulates the complexity of
Mark Earls has another good post on the pitfalls of seeking the “key influencers” as a way of instigating change. I share Mark’s scepticism about over-rational models for explaining how
Aleah is a smart cookie. Or to own that statement: I agree with Aleah about a lot of things, including her latest post. We are expected to form our own
