Just a reminder that Peter Hanke and Rob Poynton are running their workshop, Communication as a Performing Art on November 2nd in London. I’m going there as is Marks Earls plus Roland Harwood from NESTA so I think we’re going to have a very interesting time.
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
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
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
So many business books and trends seem to have the following pattern. 1. Identify some newish area of scientific research 2. Oversimplify and dramatise it 3. Say how you can
I spent last Thursday doing a teambuilding workshop using Improv. I’m still buzzing from it. Improv Rocks! Something very powerful happens to people when they engage in Improv activities. The
Sean challenges me (and a few others) to come clean about our shameful past. Specifically our shameful past in playing along with half-hearted/half-baked customer research. Let’s face it, this particular
I’ve just been out shopping. The roads round here are fairly quiet but there are plenty of pedestrians presumably displaced from public transport. Most of the buses that normally stream
