A tweet from Shawn Callahan led me to this: Curioser and curioser. A writer is headhunted to write speeches for the Australian government and discovers a world of waste stupidity and rampant egomania. Sadly, I don’t think his experience is uniquely Australian.
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 nugget from The Power of Mindful Learning. Langer talks about soft vigilance. In psychological circles or when danger is involved, attention is often called vigilance. Staying vigilant is a
I’d love to run a management course based entirely on lessons from Monty Python. The subject of meetings could probably be covered simply with scenes from the Life of Brian.
I’m pretty bored of a lot of marketing and a lot of the conversations about it. I enjoyed Alan Jourdier’s latest post, It Really Is About (Gulp) Leadership. It resonates
I made a new friend today Jeremy Sweeney. Here’s something from his site that might indicate why: Brick wall or camp fire organisation. Brick walls help build structures. Camp fires
