A British artist sneaked into four New York galleries and covertly hung his own art. Brilliant. And the art itself matches the audacity of the hanging. [Via Steve Rubel]
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
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
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
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
Martin Belam posts about Andy Budd‘s presentation. I liked this as I’m wary of the reverence given to innovation. Budd suggests that many people/organisations/things that we think of as very
Harold Jarche makes some good points about the frustrations of conferences. For instance a problem is presented in a plenary session and participants are immediately asked to brainstorm & give
Ig Nobel Prize Winner: If The Peter Principle is Right Then Organizations Should Randomly Promote People – Bob Sutton Research suggesting choosing leaders seems to diminish group effectiveness, compared to
I loved this quote tweeted by Leigh Carter via Ben Watson There are no great people in this world only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. – William
