My good friend Jack Yan blogs today that he’s standing for Mayor of Wellington. He’s got some pretty sensible ideas in his manifesto (including free wifi!) and I’d sure be voting for him if I lived there!
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
Annette makes an interesting point about the costliest errors item. We spend time learning how not to make the same mistakes again but it’s doubtful if we spend enough time
Prosper is a new site that acts as a clearing house for borrowers and lenders. It’s a variation on the theme established by Zopa who I’ve blogged(and podcast) about before.
Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Reviewing "The Social Network" – Constructing Grand Narrative John Hagel reviews the reviews of the Social Network and sees plenty of evidence of an old
Donald Factor makes a provocative point about frustration in groups, suggesting it may be the one common experience of participants. Embracing frustration may be the most powerful move a group can make.
