Talking about our recent podcast Matt writes:
There was a whole bunch of stuff I put together in a mind map just prior to the show that I never used. The actual conversation was far more interesting than that…
Regular readers will probably understand how much I enjoyed reading that.
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
Two interesting posts on practice: Chris Corrigan’s The purpose of practice is practice Practicing kindness possibility seeking and deep listening on a daily basis ingrains those skills and capacities. It
Corante’s new Marketing Hub features “the best writing and thinking on marketing across the blogosphere and beyond”… plus, er me! Corante provide a digest of posts about marketing, from a
On a tip from David Weinberger I’ve been reading the blog written by the Vice President of Iran. I recommend you take a look. It’s had a real impact on
Robert Young looks at how corporates can engage with online communities. At the end the lesson is one of a paradox. As the power shifts increasingly towards community, the corporation
