On a tip from David Weinberger I’ve been reading the blog written by the Vice President of Iran.
I recommend you take a look. It’s had a real impact on me. He comes across as witty compassionate, intelligent and willing to express personal opinions. The guy comes across as… a human being like the rest of us. This one blog has had more impact on the way I think about Iran and Islam than anything I’ve read in mainstream media lately.
David Gurteen tweeted this interesting article (pdf): Conversational Leadership: Thinking together for a change It makes a lot of sense to me pushing for a
This post really interests me: Innovation for Development: Scaling Up or Evolving? As they complete some pilot experiments in development work the authors recognise that
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic suggests why we end up with incompetent leaders making a point about a bias towards men in the process: In my view, the main
From the newsletter of envisional comes word of this CNET article Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank a new
I’ve just given a presentation on Beyond Branding in Jersey. It was fun to take ideas that have been percolating for months and give them
Great article in today’s Independent. The government decided to take action to stop the spread of TB among cattle. They found that badgers were to
Jennifer Rice continues our rolling dialogue about what marketing’s job is. I appreciate Jen for keeping a good thoughtful exploration going. David Foster at PhotonCourier
Eloquent polemic from Chris Lydon: After New Hampshire. Here’s what I’m learning: For those of us who like the sound of “Internet democracy ” who
I’ll be taking part in the Chautauqua online discussion of Beyond Branding, from 15th to 29th February. Fellow authors Denzil Meyers, Chris Macrae, Julie Anixter
Found via Richard Gayle is Strike that Out Sam. This is a cheeky exploitation of the fact that Microsoft Word documents retain the fingerprints of
It seems that these days people just can’t get enough Seth. Time was, people might indulge in Seth in the privacy of their homes, and find this satisfying and productive
Notes on a meeting where our host avoided the jousting of cleverness in favour of people acknowledging what it’s like to explore the things we don’t know.
Bob Sutton has an interesting post linking to this New York Times story: After Bankruptcy G.M. Struggles to Shed a Legendary Bureaucracy. A manager relates how the company’s legendary bureaucracy
Interesting article by Naomi Klein: In the wake of catastrophe comes the whiff of unrest She wonders if natural disasters in Burma and China may shake the regimes iron-like grip
