I loved this quote tweeted by Leigh Carter via Ben Watson
There are no great people in this world only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. – William Halsey
It saddens and frustrates me that some of those ordinary people spend the rest of their lives trying to bolster the notion of heroism as inherent in their identity. I imagine you can all think of a few examples.
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
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
Suddenly there’s another John Moore marketing blog. I realise I’m a bit of an addict for this, but this latest is not mine. It’s produced
Now we’ve done the book Viv and I are turning our minds to other ways of spreading the word… that meetings don’t have to be awful. So we’re happy to
A fascinating day with ‘challenging’ kids | Alastair Campbell The former spin doctor goes into the classroom. Sounds like everyone learnt things!
Thoughts provoked by Robert Paterson’s excellent essay on canoeing, systems thinking, the limits of mechanistic thinking and more.
Charlie Beckett POLIS Director » Blog Archive » Embracing Uncertainty: diplomacy and disruption "Authority hates uncertainty. Big business and government feel safest when life is predictable and stable. Change implies
