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
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
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic suggests why we end up with incompetent leaders making a point about a bias towards men in the process: In my view, the main
From the newsletter of envisional comes word of this CNET article Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank a new
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
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
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
Eloquent polemic from Chris Lydon: After New Hampshire. Here’s what I’m learning: For those of us who like the sound of “Internet democracy ” who
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
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
Jonah Lehrer: Karl Popper the great philosopher of science once divided the world into two categories: clocks and clouds. Clocks are neat, orderly systems that can be solved through reduction;
Shawn Callahan has a great post on The Uncanny Valley of Business Storytelling. The uncanny valley describes what happens as robots become more like humans. As long as they’re clearly
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
John Wenger discusses how easily we create blind spots in our self-awareness leading us to cheerily diagnose others whilst missing our own follies. Moats and beams. He tells of a
