Regular readers will know there’s a parallel universe in which I run a management course based entirely on Monty Python. In the module on leadership this scene from Life of Brian will provide the key case study.
It seems to me that most literature on leadership is about how to design a gourd or sandal.
(See other modules from my course here and here).
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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
They say that change is difficult. Apparently organisational change is even more fun. Mark links to McKinsey saying “Only a third of transformations of any kind were deemed very or
So tomorrow (Thursday) I’m flying from Nelson to Melbourne for the weekend. I’m going to hook up with Tony Goodson. I’m sure we’ll put the world to rights. Last time
This is a rambling post about the importance of feeling comfortable with not knowing – as well as coming clean about the stuff we do know. With one or two conclusions about why a lot of business thinking is not very helpful.
Good post by Lloyd Davis on the recent flurry of articles having a go at Twitter.
