It’s mean to quote McKinsey in this sort of out-of-context way, but I can’t resist. Apparently (registration required)
there is a business case against tolerating nasty and demeaning people
Thanks goodness for that.
Article spotted by Adriana.
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
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
A quick ramble on the nature of paradox, inspired by a blog on the value of both fear of the new and curiosity
Jack Martin Leith has a thoughtful post about conversation with some juicy quotes. This one makes particular sense to me: Your organization’s culture is nothing more than what individuals say
I’ve been having a few conversations recently with Adriana. She’s been doing a lot of heavy conceptual thinking about where the web is taking us. It’s hard to keep up
Robert Paterson is in the toppest-of-top form today in his entry Unjobbing. A few snippets: All the rules of the old culture are based on the assumptions that the most
Viv puts the case for informal conferences instead of keynotes and panels. Makes good sense to me. After all, that’s why we get together – not to find answers that
