This is the sort of wry content that makes Jessica Hagy’s blog, Indexed a regular stopping point for me.
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
Hugh reports “blogging doubled stormhoek sales“. His analysis really resonated with me: What happened is that by interfacing with the blogosphere it fundementally changed how Stormhoek looked at treating their
Piers Young quotes Ross Mayfield… It’s becoming cheaper to host your own event than attend one …which has big implications for the professional Conference business and its overpriced, status-obsessed offerings.
Another great post by Patti Digh. She watches teams of people teaching a dog to pray and draws some lessons for us mere mortals – Roll on the floor: But
I’m currently reading Everything’s an Offer by Rob Poynton. He is probably the most articulate thinker about the value of improvisation in organisations. His book is a real treat. When
