There’s something about the Blog of Death’s short obituary on Ed Earnest that touched me.
Edward Earnest believed in giving people second chances. Forty years ago a prison warden and a mental health specialist gave him one that changed his life.
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
It’s a grey day in London so I’m maintaining my morale by thinking of Cable Bay in New Zealand. That’s where I’m spending Christmas and New Year with friends who
Stray thought. I quite like that motto about life not being a rehearsal… but maybe it would be easier if in some ways we saw everything we do as a
Alan Moore has an excellent post: Good for business – good for schools Here’s how it begins. This is what Jupiter’s website says Since 1930 the JUPITER company has been
Rob Paterson tweeted very flatteringly about our new book. I am trying not to be a tedious self-promoter but it was jolly nice of him. Still I have to admit
