I loved this tweet from @charlesfrith:
I see people defining a successful self as a self that can keep up with its email https://bit.ly/bIfaLx
I think it’s so easy to conflate drudgery with productivity; and productivity with success.
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
.. is the practice. The “best”? Not so much. I usually panic a little when people ask me about best practice in facilitation. I found myself emailing this to a
Neil Perkin examines the success of the New York Times paywall. In a nutshell, it works because it’s porous. Porosity is a concept that’s caught my attention before. I guess
James and I are off to Reboot 8 in Copenhagen this afternoon. Last year’s Reboot was excellent and I have high hopes for this one despite being part of the
The Unique Origins of 25 Popular Products | Business Pundit Lovely collection of anecdotes. Did you know WD40 originated as scientists tried to create a formular for Water Dispersal. They
