Rob just left a comment that linked to this Dumbo YouTube, which is one of my favourite movie clips. As Rob says, it’s a mocking tribute to “all the doubters that you have to cope with when you want to do something extraordinary”.
(At some level, I kinda love the crows as I think most of us enjoy a good sneer from time to time.)
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
Top 5 Rain Dances « Leadership and Management / Turning Adversity to Advantage
I was thinking about the joys of the Fast Show’s Channel 9 – a ludicrous spoof of foreign TV shows. (Click here if you can’t see the embedded video) You
Sometimes, unlikely, even absurd-sounding changes lead to powerful creativity
This is a great reminder of perils of conformity in groups. Being exposed in a group creates significant pressure on participants. In this experiment many give what they know is
