- Chris points to this comment (and explores further): “In my experience when the issue seems to be free speech, the deeper issue usually has to do with responsible *listening*.”
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David Gurteen tweeted this interesting article (pdf): Conversational Leadership: Thinking together for a change It makes a lot of sense to me pushing for a
This post really interests me: Innovation for Development: Scaling Up or Evolving? As they complete some pilot experiments in development work the authors recognise that
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic suggests why we end up with incompetent leaders making a point about a bias towards men in the process: In my view, the main
From the newsletter of envisional comes word of this CNET article Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank a new
I’ve just given a presentation on Beyond Branding in Jersey. It was fun to take ideas that have been percolating for months and give them
Great article in today’s Independent. The government decided to take action to stop the spread of TB among cattle. They found that badgers were to
Jennifer Rice continues our rolling dialogue about what marketing’s job is. I appreciate Jen for keeping a good thoughtful exploration going. David Foster at PhotonCourier
Eloquent polemic from Chris Lydon: After New Hampshire. Here’s what I’m learning: For those of us who like the sound of “Internet democracy ” who
I’ll be taking part in the Chautauqua online discussion of Beyond Branding, from 15th to 29th February. Fellow authors Denzil Meyers, Chris Macrae, Julie Anixter
Found via Richard Gayle is Strike that Out Sam. This is a cheeky exploitation of the fact that Microsoft Word documents retain the fingerprints of

Passion brands bring people together based on common interests and excitements. I’m particularly interested in ones created from the bottom up, as opposed to driven by producers concerned mainly with profit.

I’ve just received a delightful gift from my friends at On Your Feet. A tiny box is wrapped in a strip of paper bearing four stories. Here’s one One day

Manuel Lima challenges the prevailing metaphor of the tree for understanding systems. The metaphor has deep roots (see what I did there?), for instance when we casually say genetics is

I really appreciate the allure of this quote attributed to Plato: You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. So