Just rambling around Youtube tonight I came upon this wonderful scene from Casablanca.
Nothing is more terrifying to established power than courageous authenticity. A message for our times, I think.
Just rambling around Youtube tonight I came upon this wonderful scene from Casablanca.
Nothing is more terrifying to established power than courageous authenticity. A message for our times, I think.
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
These came to be via Tony Quinlan from Terry Tillman at 227company. “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than
Yesterday I got an email from Loren Ekroth of Conversation Matters. It touches on a favourite theme of mine and here it is verbatim. “Christmas

Hugh’s just posted the latest Hugh and the Rabbi Podcast with Hugh Pinny Mark and yours truly. Hugh’s also written some good show notes which I appreciate as I know

A quick update on the More Space project. Since my first stab outline I’ve been turning it over in my mind. 10,000 words drafted by mid-February is starting to feel

I m enjoying the wikipedia entry on cognitive biases. I generally dislike jargon but right now I like the idea of hyperbolic discounting. The Von Restorff effect really jumps off

I thought Adam Bright’s article about improv – and what it demands of performers – was brilliant. As well as evoking what is so alluring about improv I think it