Tim Kastelle has a great post on Innovation without Intellectual Property Protection prompted by this TED talk by Johanna Blakely.
It turns out there are lots of huge industries that manage without much IP as well as examples of where just being continuously inventive is itself the best protection.
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’ve not linked to Curt Rosengren for ages. Meanwhile he’s been very busy. He now offers two ebooks, one reasonably priced and the other completely free. Well worth a closer
Here’s another insight from that Dialogue book. The roots of the word “intelligence” are gather and in-between. I love that. What if we think of Intelligence is being in… or
I’m very glad to see Ton‘s announcement that he’s found a new job. And excited by his reflections on the part blogging played in the process. Just lately I’ve had
Wise words from David Weinberger: When a candidate controls her campaign that means she in fact is being controlled. One coin, two sides. To control is to be controlled. David’s
