As I’ve said before, I’m sceptical of most conversations containing the word leadership. But once in a while a really interesting definition of it comes along. This one is from Esko Kilpi:
Following is at best a process of active, creative learning through observing and simulating desired practices. Leading is doing one’s work in an open and transparent way. Leading is engaging with people and being openly reflective.
Hat tip: Harold Jarche
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
When I’m talking about facilitation, I often find myself saying that the effort to be efficient is what makes meetings inefficient. By setting agendas which assume that groups of people
Ok back home from the Relationship Audit day. Will post some thoughts on that soon. But I have to admit the highlight of the day for me was the train
I’m not a fan of BBC’s Question Time although this week’s was more than averagely entertaining. There was a moment which captures why I don’t like it and why I
BuzzMachine » Congratulations, Rocketboom Jeff Jarvis says “Big advertisers and big agencies are chickenshit. They need to grow some balls or else they’ll find new competitors running circles around them”
