It’s mean to quote McKinsey in this sort of out-of-context way, but I can’t resist. Apparently (registration required)
there is a business case against tolerating nasty and demeaning people
Thanks goodness for that.
Article spotted by Adriana.
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
Another terrific RSA video: Dan Pink on what really motivates us. (I blogged more on this here.) This is the tip of an iceberg of evidence… so you have to
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work but rather teach them to long for the
Infinisiri blogs this story:Jacob the teacher Jacob almost seventy was in the midstages of Alzheimer’s disease. A clinical psychologist by profession and a meditator for more than twenty years he
Yet another smart post by Kathy Sierra: You can out-spend or out-teach. Snippet: …teaching is the “killer app” for a newer more ethical approach to marketing. While in the past,
