… when you consider the consequences of losing it…
Hat tip: Stumbleupon where I’ve spent hours today seeing all manner of great stuff.
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
Rob Paterson has posted a good review of Joe Trippi’s book The Revolution will not be Televised. I’m not a fan of lists but I like most of Trippi’s “7
Viv sent me something Harrison Owen posted on the Open Space listserv. In our (understandable and necessary) pursuit of High Performance we make the seemingly obvious assumption that we might
Neil Perkin examines the success of the New York Times paywall. In a nutshell, it works because it’s porous. Porosity is a concept that’s caught my attention before. I guess
Freddie Daniells also writes about Hijacking Authenticity. He worries that the idea of Authenticity is being hijacked to include tree-huggers and exclude others. Brands such as Hummer Harley Davidson, Viz
