John Moore highlights An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth.
I probably agree with all 43 points here and I appreciate the intention. But I fear that manifestos don’t work. At least not half as well as their authors hope.
It seems to me that children know how to play and how to grow, without resort to 43 injunctions. Do we as adults need a long checklist to do it?
I yearn for simpler ideas, more lightly held.
Or some nice poetry maybe.
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
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
These came to be via Tony Quinlan from Terry Tillman at 227company. “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than
I went to tonight’s geek dinner here in London. I showed sufficient self-restraint on the beer that I’m able to post before going to bed. It was a good evening,
I’ve not linked to Curt Rosengren for ages. Meanwhile he’s been very busy. He now offers two ebooks, one reasonably priced and the other completely free. Well worth a closer
I’m taking part in Our Social World on Friday September 9th in Cambridge. There’s an interesting collection of speakers and topics including Hugh who argues “marketeers are going to have
