I wrote about Howard Mann’s ebook the other day and said I liked his “pay fast get paid faster” idea. He’s now posted a few tips to help with the second half of that mantra. Might be useful in these recessionary times.
Number 4 got me thinking: Make the invoice an experience not a pain. I think I have this British thing running that means invoicing feels painful for me to do and I assume for folks to receive. I like Howard’s suggestion of breaking that pattern!
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
Nice provocative thought from Earl Mardle: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” Corollary, you end up with a business that only produces measurements. There’s no point being
My friend Julian Burton emailed me a link to this article by David Halpern at the RSA website. He looks at social capital and suggests we pay more attention to
This flash movie on Bush vs Kerry – This Land is My Land – made me smile. (It takes a while to load up) I love the inventiveness of these
Geoff picks up on Neil Perkin’s post on Agile Planning. Recently I have noticed the word ‘Agile’ showing up in the ‘Strategic Objectives’ of agency and corporate plans. Whilst it
