Rambling thoughts on models
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
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Planning as drowning
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
Leadership as holding uncertainty
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
Concreting Complexity
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The absurd
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
Leadership as emergent, co-created and unheroic
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
Who says fun is dangerous?
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
Rewriting history…
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
Yes, and…
A quick ramble on the nature of paradox, inspired by a blog on the value of both fear of the new and curiosity
Ever wondered what it’s like to work in a porn shop?
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
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On writing a book
People have often told me “there’s a book in you.” I have always suspected that is a polite way of trying to stop me going on about something for too
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links for 2010-09-12
SCVNGR’s Secret Game Mechanics Playdeck I've managed to stay out of World of Warcraft for a year now. This is a pretty useful guide to the multiple game mechanics that
12 September 2010
Amazon: a bit deaf
Amazon is great but it can be deaf. I noticed today that it’s posting misleading information about the book Beyond Branding. It sells it for
8 September 2004
Inner game?
I’m blogging this from Terminal 3 at Heathrow, on my way to Calgary (then by road to Banff). I’m looking forward to a few days hanging around with improv folks
9 November 2007