It’s been a bit quiet here lately because to be honest I have been a bit addicted to World of Warcraft this week. Still I feel better knowing Mr T and Willam Shatner are prepared to endorse it in this ad.
I’m not quite ready to do my “I’m Johnnie Moore, and I’m a Mage” video just yet, but I could be tempted. That’s if I can spare the time from levelling up my Priest or Druid alts. Here are my three avatars as presently equipped:
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
I sometimes feel a bit weary of the commencement speech genre but I did enjoy many moments from this one by Tim Minchin. Here’s the Youtube version: He kicks off
No earthquakes here; but still Robert Brook reflects on crises and preparedness. And the idea that we'd better get ready for more of both.
I suggest moving away from phrases like brand reinforcement, brand architecture and brand building. Instead of seeing brands as hard and controllable, let’s see them as soft and influenceable.
Referring to this blog entry by Jim McGee: It’s human to want solutions in neat boxes, but neatness often drives out humanity. The Japanese make haikus in praise of the “messiness” of the cherry blossom.
