Old proverb which I first heard from Deepak Chopra.
God gave man the Truth.
The Devil saw this and said “That looks wonderful.. I shall organise this and call it… “religion“
This came to mind reading Katherine at Decent Marketing and johnmoore at Brand Autopsy today on the idea of BzzAgents. I’m not sure about BzzAgents.. I don’t want to pass judgement on something that’s new and developing. And I know I feel sceptical about the tide of post-Tipping Point next big ideas of this kind.
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
Laura Ries is upset. As soon as we write up a great case history of how a brand narrowed its focus owns a word in the mind and dominates a
Good Morning Thinkers!: Listening An extreme anecdote on what it means to really listen (tags: listening facilitation) The Customer Service Survey: Bankruptcy = Better Service Depressing take on what it
More punchy stuff from Mark at fouroboros: here’s how basic it really is. Choice titbits: 2. Understand that when guys like Harvard’s Schein and the London School of Economics’ Maister
Little tweaks to conversations have a role in the creative process
