BlueGrassRoots takes us on a guided tour of the er remarkable, Genesis Creation museum in Kentucky. It’s a great example of how defending a position sometimes ends up undermining it all the more. Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan.
UPDATE: Compare and contrast Doc Searls’ reflections here. This version of our past evokes vastly more awe, sense of mystery and aliveness – at least, it does in me.
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
Suddenly there’s another John Moore marketing blog. I realise I’m a bit of an addict for this, but this latest is not mine. It’s produced
These came to be via Tony Quinlan from Terry Tillman at 227company. “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than
Yesterday the RSA hosted Richard Thaler co-author of Nudge. I found Thaler very engaging and I loved his theme: that we can support a lot of changes in society with
Alan Mitchell reviews Kevin Roberts’ Lovemarks pitch: In other words, the role of the marketer is to ‘drive’ people to ‘love’ you so much that they no longer use their
I went to see Supersize Me tonight. At times funny at times painful, it certainly socks it to the fast food industry. I left feeling quite depressed about the picture
Rob is doing some interesting work with KTEC in St Louis in response to the mortgage crisis. This is a pilot for a project that could roll out across NPR
