Official: Powerpoint bad for brains
Of course it’s the way Powerpoint is used that’s the real culprit.
(Hat tip: Adriana)
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
What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart? – WSJ.com Finnish education seems to do really well without the pressures of standardised testing and intense competition – things a lot of people
Stephanie West Allen emailed me a link to this article: game developers can induce happiness. I’ve been thinking a lot about whether the fun and engagment of online gaming could
I thought Paul Graham’s post – Maker’s Schedule Manager’s Schedule was really interesting. Most powerful people are on the manager’s schedule. It’s the schedule of command. But there’s another way
Ethan Zuckerman blogs a talk by Jonah Lehrer at Poptech. When we’ve got hard problems we turn them over to experts. That might be the wrong thing to do Lehrer
