I loved Dave’s post about the village which took road safety into its own hands. Frustrated by bureaucratic delays to safety measures, they ran a competition to create scare-cars to deter speeding.
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 book, The Power of Discord, prompts some ideas about dealing with dissatisfaction.
Shel Israel has posted Chapter 4 of The Red Couch – Direct Access. As usual good stuff. I like the thought he opens with: that blogging can give a company
Facilitation means different things to different people. Viv does a great job of explaining one view of facilitation she doesn’t subscribe to. Me neither. …the group participants sit back and
My friend Steve Moore is planning an event called 2gether08 for July 2 and 3. He’s billing it as a festival rather than an event. Steve’s an ubernetworker and a
