… of favourite books here’s an old post on why I think The Halo Effect is on my shortlist. Short version: it’s a powerful antidote to most of the glib delusions that pervade most of the other business books we read.
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
So many business books and trends seem to have the following pattern. 1. Identify some newish area of scientific research 2. Oversimplify and dramatise it 3. Say how you can
This comment from BuzzMachine… by Jeff Jarvis… Media is getting personal Perhaps it’s as simple as that. Media was institutional. Now it is personal. By personalizing media, I don’t mean
Or ever felt like giving the unexpected a good hug? Then I have just the event for you. The Applied Improv Network is hosting it’s third annual conference in San
Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow also has interesting stuff to say about feedback. He draws an interesting contrast between radiologists and anesthesiologists. The latter are likely to see the
