Matt Moore on fabulous ironic form referring to someone who banned his daughter from sending texts because they were “content free”:
Following his example I have banned people from hugging me as such interaction is “content free”. They should at least send a properly written email.
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
I quite often hear people calling for more more action and less talk. Strangely, they have never done so in mime.
Harold Jarche challenges ideas about leadership: But we don’t need better leaders. We need organizations and structures that let all people cooperate and collaborate. Positional leadership is a master-servant parent-child, teacher-student,
The Digital Economy Bill proves digital democracy doesn't work | News | TechRadar UK Depressing coverage of the last gasp of a disgraced parliament. (tags: politics)
Andrew Rixon examines the paradox of bringing in the expert through a Nasrudeen story. It’s a tricky thing employing experts: the temptation is to go into a childlike pose and
