Two nice videos exploring how complexity emerges from simple interactions. (Click here if you can’t see the embedded clips.)
Complexity depends on how connected the parts are to each other.
Hat tip: Dave Pollard
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
I got a great email yesterday from a horse rider who had stumbled upon my post about Dressage and Facilitation. It’s the sort of contact that makes blogging great: I
The metaphor of brain-as-computer is surprisingly prevalent in business. Trainers talk about changing the software of their subjects; human processes are reduced to linear diagrams that seem to eliminate ambiguity.
Michael Herman reflects on his approach to training (specifically for Open Space) which resonates strongly for me. thinking back on the trainings i’ve attended hosted designed and led, the single
Matt Jones found this little nugget in the Feburary 2003 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: The Minority Slowness Effect: Subtle Inhibitions in the Expression of Views Not Shared by
