http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ en-us johnnie@johnniemoore.com 2010-01-30T12:23:46+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002375.php This HBR post attempts to evaluate Obama's record on change management, based on a four step model. I'm instinctively wary of models and this one strikes me as typically trite and questionable. The first step is to "make the case... 2375@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Dr Rant 2010-01-30T12:23:46+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002374.php Matt Moore has posted a short and succinct paper about approaches to wicked problems. In my experience, lots of these problems get treated as if they are merely complicated and just need a solution from some (dubiously-qualified) expert. Here in... 2374@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ 2010-01-30T11:23:58+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002373.php Rob has a couple of interesting posts up. He challenges how conversations about diversity reinforce stereotypes, in particular of the white male. And he describes an approach to cancer screening that relies on herd principles for success.... 2373@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Miscellaneous (everything is) 2010-01-30T09:41:48+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002372.php Nice post from Viv leading to this thought:We act our way into a new way of thinking, we don’t think our way into a new way of acting.... 2372@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Miscellaneous (everything is) 2010-01-29T12:08:10+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002371.php Viv McWaters writes about liminality. When you’re asking me to change a particular behaviour (even if it’s for my own good, or for the well-being of others, or even the planet) you’re asking me to let go of something familiar... 2371@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Facilitation 2010-01-25T10:51:54+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002370.php The title of Bob Sutton's latest post makes lots of sense to me:Most claims of originality are testimony to ignorance and most claims of magic are testimony to hubris.I share his weariness of efforts to radically "reinvent leadership".... 2370@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Facilitation 2010-01-21T09:49:32+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002369.php I've just stumbled across Jaron Lanier's op ed from the WSJ: World Wide Mush. It's like a trailer for his new book, You are not a gadget. I found his argument confusing and a bit annoying. He seems to suggest... 2369@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ 2010-01-20T10:46:57+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002368.php Euan Semple "Changing Innovation" (lift09 France EN) from Lift Conference on Vimeo. Euan has posted his talk from LIFT last year. Good stuff, including his mini-rant against the costs of pomposity. I wanted to highlight the last chunk, starting around... 2368@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Facilitation 2010-01-20T01:10:08+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002367.php Roland at NESTA writes about the problems faced by people in organisations responsible for open innovation.My colleague David Simoes-Brown likes to say that open innovation professionals are on the 'fringe of the fringe' of their organisations. By this he means... 2367@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Facilitation 2010-01-19T09:17:18+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002366.php Quite a few people have pointed to John Naughton's article: Lasers would never have shone if Mandelson had been in charge. Naughton challenges the government's plans to restrict science funding to applicants that can show "demonstrable benefits to the economy,... 2366@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Tyranny of the explicit 2010-01-18T07:21:33+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002365.php Antony Mayfield recommended Dan Calladine's presentation on Next Generation Media at Slideshare. Lots of interesting factoids about how the networked world is shaping up.... 2365@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Blogs & networks 2010-01-17T11:34:43+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002364.php My friend Julian Burton tweeted a link to this animation, which appears to be an unintentionally ironic commentary on the cliches of human resources.... 2364@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Miscellaneous (everything is) 2010-01-14T23:42:10+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002363.php I've just read Matthew May's book, In Pursuit of Elegance. It's an easy, succinct read and contains some engaging ideas. There's a fascinating section looking at the work of Jackson Pollock. It's an intricate story which I'm shortening a little... 2363@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Facilitation 2010-01-14T23:27:58+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002362.php I've just been reading Harrison Owen's Wave Rider. He explores the notion that human systems are fundamentally self-organising, with some interesting implications for how we view formal organisations. He refers to the work of Stuart Kauffman, a biologist interested in... 2362@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Facilitation 2010-01-12T21:45:02+00:00 http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/002361.php Chris Mowles summarises Ralph Stacey's latest, very interesting, work. It resonates strongly for me.Organisations are not things but patterns of interactions between people. In these interactions, and among other things, people develop imaginative constructs of ‘wholes’ such as ‘the market’... 2361@http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/ Miscellaneous (everything is) 2010-01-11T23:09:00+00:00