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 Bush’s fundamentalist Christian buddies are doing their damndest to re-write American history. Their claims that America is a Christian nation founded on Christian ideals is pure, absolute bullshit.
A rip roaring analysis.
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
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
Suddenly there’s another John Moore marketing blog. I realise I’m a bit of an addict for this, but this latest is not mine. It’s produced
The Ego and the Self | Steven Pressfield Online I'm not sure about the notion of ego as this objectionable a character but I found this quite a moving reflection
Dwight Towers has a fascinating post comparing the results of the famous Milgram experiements (in which people were alarming willing to inflict suffering on others at the behest of authority)
Talking with Tony yesterday about Starbucks. And now I see that Jennifer is having a pop at them too prompted in part by my namesake . Jen and John are
Larry Flynt, millionaire pornographer was sued by moral “majority” leader Jerry Falwell over five years. Then they became friends, according to Larry. Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
