Whatever you think about the moral rights and wrongs of the wikileaks controversy it’s fascinating to see how a closed system responds to disruption. Unquestionably, what all sides are fighting over is power.
And I’m wondering how many discussions which appear to be about creativity and innovation are, below the surface, really about who’s in charge here?
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
The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work. – Miikka Ryokas computer science student quoted in the NY Times. Hat tip:
I like what Chris Mowles has to say about John Dewey and Doubt as a form of enquiry. Dewey was interested in experimentation and argued that traditions of thought, such
Chris Corrigan points to a collection of citizen participation resources, 63 approaches to helping groups converse and make decisions. I’m with Chris when he says “As a facilitator I mostly
Seth Godin has a provocative question: The thing about China is that the government isn’t shy about being authoritarian. So what if the Chinese government decided to decree what it
