I missed an early morning phone meeting with Chris Corrigan, so sent my apologies. I appreciated this in his reply
I am happy to forgive you completely for “oversleeping” (in fact the correct term is just “sleeping”)…
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
A quick ramble on the nature of paradox, inspired by a blog on the value of both fear of the new and curiosity
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
James comments on an article in the Independent about how advertising agencies will fare in our interconnected world However old-school ad boys like Mark Wnek think that the ad industry
Geoff Brown looks at a model for getting people engaged (or not) in meetings or movements. It’s called SCARF, standing for… Status – a lot of trouble is caused when
I like Hugh’s latest post on The Global Microbrand. My favourite bit: 6. Again, I’ll say it one more time: Blogging is just the tip of the Cluetrain iceberg. And
Viv blogs about Peter Block’s The Answer to How is Yes. She lists some of the many “how?” questions that show up at meetings and argues that they often take
