I loved this quote tweeted by Leigh Carter via Ben Watson
There are no great people in this world only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. – William Halsey
It saddens and frustrates me that some of those ordinary people spend the rest of their lives trying to bolster the notion of heroism as inherent in their identity. I imagine you can all think of a few examples.
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
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 I got an email from Loren Ekroth of Conversation Matters. It touches on a favourite theme of mine and here it is verbatim. “Christmas
Adam Curry is in mortal combat with his would-be broadband provider. After being in telephone-tennis with them for weeks now he proposes a new tactic. Record the conversations and podcast
Mark’s published his Admap article: Forget influentials herd-like copying is how brands spread (pdf). This is a nice summary of Mark’s pedigree hobbyhorse. He challenges marketing gurus who think it’s
I notice the word “senior” used a lot in business speak. On The Apprentice the other week Donald introduced two execs from P&G and emphasised that they were “senior”, with
The Progress Principle: A Masterpiece Every Manager Should Own – Bob Sutton " the main point of this book may seem obvious to some readers but if you listen to most
