Keith Sawyer spots some research that looked at some famous “loner” creatives and found that their most creative periods coincided with less social isolation.
Beyond marshmallow motorbikes
Improv can still be powerful when it’s mundane
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Fierce collaboration
Finding space for stronger feelings in collaboration
The joy of conversation
I’ve just had a delightful meeting with Emma Cahill co-founder of publishing house Snowbooks. They describe their approach thus: We publish far fewer titles than
Collaboration
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
David Bowie says IP is in for a bashing
The Church of the Customer blog quotes an NY Times interview with David Bowie who says: I’m fully confident that copyright for instance, will no
Denham Gray on the unspoken
No sooner do I finish my last blog than I stumble on Denham Grey’s eloquent thoughts: Wonder if you can really capture tacit knowledge by
Speaking the unspoken
I’ve been thinking a lot about what goes unspoken in the world in general and in my little slice of it in particular. There I
Thinking or Doing?
I spend too much time thinking. A friend revealed to me recently that he would describe me to acquaintances as a brain on a stick.
Spam comments and the power of community
I’ve just started to suffer from Spam comments the latest effort by these wretches to publicise their sites. They basically post fatuous comments to weblogs
Upcoming events
I’ve always really enjoyed speaking in public. Don’t know why, just do. So I’m chuffed that a couple of interesting events have come up for
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Congruence
Sam Deeks writes about leadership and congruence. Makes sense to me. The problem is a preference for avoiding the discomfort of looking at and considering changing our own behaviour. Unsurprisingly
7 November 2009
Synchronicity
So here am I blogging about inspiration and connecting to passion and I find this in Chris Corrigan’s blog. In a previous job Chris gave people their annual training budget
23 December 2003
links for 2010-07-27
The FASTForward Blog » The market IS a conversation – Why Kotex is winning vs Old Spice: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News Coverage, and Commentary Rob Paterson explains the success of
27 July 2010
Redefine normal
Another stunning post from Patti Digh. I’d precis the story but it would diminish its impact.
5 June 2005
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