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
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
When I was finishing at Oxford my annoyingly self-confident peers were pretending to agonise. Should they work as monstrously overpaid consultants, or… monstrously overpaid bankers? Those whose greed inspired them
Here’s one Mark will appreciate: Contagious Yawn “Sign of Empathy”. Apparently neuroscience suggests that people who yawn a lot are more empathetic. In the research the Beeb report,Psychology students were
Jeff Risley blogs about his agency launching The Red Blue Project. Looking at the state of politics in the US the project is trying to get past polarisation. The agency
Tax Hikes Status Competitiveness and Social Stratification « naked capitalism Restates the argument that less equal societies can mean even the rich in them are less happy than in more
