I wonder if I am alone in being a little bored of conversations about the difference between ‘innovation’ and ‘creativity’. The same goes for ‘leadership’ and ‘management’.
Most of the time I sense these are really a sort of one upmanship where the speaker’s propostion boils down to this: innovation is the creativity that I approve of. And leadership is the management that I approve of. (And possibly want you to pay extra for)
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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
Suddenly there’s another John Moore marketing blog. I realise I’m a bit of an addict for this, but this latest is not mine. It’s produced
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
I’m an enthusiastic participant in the whole “social object” conversation. (Hugh crystallised it first here.) I just want to add a caveat before we all get carried away and talk
How Groups Can Change Your Mind « Creativity & Innovation More good analysis from Keith Sawyer: how our memories appear to change to support social conformity. Suggest the value of
He’s a smart guy that Chris Corrigan. I loved his observation a propos Fast Company blogging on gossip: When I am working with organizations who complain that they have communication
Two provocative/distubing posts at Boing Boing: Copyright cops crack down on cooks over cakes and What UK’s copyright industries are up to .
