Shortly after posting about connecting airport security to human contact I read Chris Corrigan’s latest: Plane gripped by fear. He gets the impression that the suits on his plane in Canada appeared to be living in fear. I haven’t had that impression so much in Europe, but I might pay more attention next time I fly.
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
Now we’ve done the book Viv and I are turning our minds to other ways of spreading the word… that meetings don’t have to be awful. So we’re happy to
Andrew Sullivan highlights this story in Susan McGregor’s report on the peace processes and technology. It’s told by Jimmy Carter describing the final days of the Camp David accord between
Just rambling around Youtube tonight I came upon this wonderful scene from Casablanca. Nothing is more terrifying to established power than courageous authenticity. A message for our times, I think.
Chris Corrigan pointed me to this post by Bob Sutton: Evidence-Based Management Doesn’t Mean Just Quantitative Evidence. The post, and the comments added, make lots of sense to me. I
