BlueGrassRoots takes us on a guided tour of the er remarkable, Genesis Creation museum in Kentucky. It’s a great example of how defending a position sometimes ends up undermining it all the more. Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan.
UPDATE: Compare and contrast Doc Searls’ reflections here. This version of our past evokes vastly more awe, sense of mystery and aliveness – at least, it does in me.
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
Robert Paterson's Weblog: UPEI students protest high tuition – a warning about your loans "Your BA is not a ticket to a job. Your loan is an anchor not a
Nice post by Robert Paterson looking at New Bedford as a historically successful “knowledge community”. Minus all the fancy jargon.
Thanks to Tony Goodson for spotting this in The Observer: When one of Skinner’s rats pressed a lever, it was given a food pellet. By experiment Skinner then established that
I agree with Evelyn Rodriguez about Budget Car Rental’s initial foray into the blogosphere: basically spare me the promotional flimflam and let’s instead talk about you improving your product. Doc
