Like Antony Mayfield I loved Silent Star Wars.
Rambling thoughts on models
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
Share Post
More Posts
Planning as drowning
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
Leadership as holding uncertainty
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
Concreting Complexity
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
The absurd
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
Leadership as emergent, co-created and unheroic
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
Rewriting history…
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
Who says fun is dangerous?
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
Thoughts for the day
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
Christmas presence
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
More Updates
Scarf of delight
Patti Digh writes a blog that delights me. This post is a case in point. Snippet: I could barely focus on what Donna was saying to me, or her friend
10 February 2008
100 bloggers
So here’s what I’m planning to say in my pages of the 100 bloggers project. (A book showcasing 100 bloggers. 25 bloggers each open a chapter and then hand over
24 January 2005
Blogging and control
Shel Israel has posted Chapter 4 of The Red Couch – Direct Access. As usual good stuff. I like the thought he opens with: that blogging can give a company
3 May 2005
On the edge
Anthony Mayfield reflects on the joys of liminal thinking. It’s a subject that really interests me. In the context of creative and strategic thinking the liminal state is what you
12 April 2013
Showing Slide 1 of 17