links for 2010-10-31

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

  • Abstract of research suggesting the more boring solitary practice is the best way to prepare for the spelling bee. Reinforces the theory in "Bounce" by Matthew Syed.

  • A great article on how (and this is my paraphrase, not Doc's words) much of our web experience is being personalised, but only in the sense of who the big websites think we are… based on all the behaviour they've been meticulously tracking. But that's not who we really are. And there lies a serious problem and an exciting opportunity.

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Conversational leadership

David Gurteen tweeted this interesting article (pdf): Conversational Leadership: Thinking together for a change It makes a lot of sense to me pushing for a

Scaling or evolving?

This post really interests me: Innovation for Development: Scaling Up or Evolving? As they complete some pilot experiments in development work the authors recognise that

Jersey

I’ve just given a presentation on Beyond Branding in Jersey. It was fun to take ideas that have been percolating for months and give them

Badgers and the joy of complexity

Great article in today’s Independent. The government decided to take action to stop the spread of TB among cattle. They found that badgers were to

More on what is marketing…

Jennifer Rice continues our rolling dialogue about what marketing’s job is. I appreciate Jen for keeping a good thoughtful exploration going. David Foster at PhotonCourier

Chautauqua

I’ll be taking part in the Chautauqua online discussion of Beyond Branding, from 15th to 29th February. Fellow authors Denzil Meyers, Chris Macrae, Julie Anixter

Microsoft’s embarassing metadata

Found via Richard Gayle is Strike that Out Sam. This is a cheeky exploitation of the fact that Microsoft Word documents retain the fingerprints of

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Emotional debt

Releasing the hidden costs of pent up frustrations

Aliveness

Finding the aliveness below the surface of stuck

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Complexity without conscious design

There was a terrific documentary on the BBC last night, and happily it’s also on YouTube for anyone to enjoy: The Secret Life of Chaos. I particularly enjoyed the last

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Vulnerability

Tom Asacker writes about brands as filigree. A brand is filigree work as well. I recently purchased a Jackson Browne CD after watching a 60 minutes segment on the songwriter.

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When corporate blogging gets tough…

Johnson & Johnson are suing the Red Cross over the use of the Red Cross. Ah good morning Mr Bull, may I show you this large red rag? Well, actually