I think it corrupts deeply and instantly in ways we often don’t notice. And sometimes it becomes more obvious.
In the last 24 hours I’ve meed made aware of this, by Boing Boing: G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
… and this from Rob Paterson: Bra girl charged for posing as a Pc | More Heavy Hands?
Thank god that technology may help us see what is going on a little more clearly, however disturbing it may be.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I’ve been telling this joke a lot recently so I thought I’d share it here. George the farmer has got to that time of year when his fields need ploughing.
