Alexander Lee reminds us of Thomas Paine’s wisdom – something I’m fearful we ae short of at the moment.
For Paine even the most heinous crimes must be punished with justice and moderation and with more regard for liberty than revenge. Similarly, since a shared goodness underpinned liberty itself, punishment must not further corrupt the fallen, but augment their better nature so that they might respect and enjoy freedom the better.
Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
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
Viv pointed me to this lucid post at the Skeptics Dictionary: The Forer Effect. The Forer effect refers to the tendency of people to rate sets of statements as highly
I’m slowly working through Peter Block’s The Answer to How is Yes. It is one of the very best things I’ve read ever. Block illuminates the way in which real
For game obsessives and their enablers…. This made me laugh. From Google Video (be patient for the first minute…)
This is the best improv course I’ve ever done. You go for a series of evening sessions where you play with your fellow participants and then on the last evening
