Like Seth Godin I liked the idea of Business Buzzword Bingo. In marketing meetings I would add words like Eyeballs; Penetration; Customer-centric; Metrics; Brandscape… actually, the list could go on and on.
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
This autumn’s Applied Improv Conference (New York Sept 29-Oct 2) is looking set to be a great event. We’ve just added an opening session on the Thursday evening called The
I’m running my workshop, Facilitation for Surprise next Monday at the Islington Hilton. I’m looking forward to it. There are currently 2 spaces left if you fancy making a late
Doug Rushkoff kicked off day two of the Personal Democracy Forum with a nice counterblast to excessive individualism. Here’s the video. He fears we pay too much attention to web
From Michael Herman’s Pea Soup blog under the title Recently Observed: Under-resting and over-vigilance have a way of getting in the way. Showing up early enough to sit and do
