Nice provocative thought from Earl Mardle:
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”
Corollary, you end up with a business that only produces measurements. There’s no point being up to your ass in KPI’s when the original intention was to drill for oil.
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
So now the Corante conference is talking about co-creation. I’m gonna give myself a break from blogging this, especially as Paul Gladen is capturing some of it over at Fast
I like Hugh’s latest post on The Global Microbrand. My favourite bit: 6. Again, I’ll say it one more time: Blogging is just the tip of the Cluetrain iceberg. And
Robert Scoble at his very best: Are you afraid to blog? If you have time read the whole thing but here’s a snippet 1) People don’t trust corporations. Especially big
Ray Kurzweil Responds to “Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain” | KurzweilAI Linear thinking about the future is hardwired into our brains. Linear predictions of the future were quite
