My name is Johnnie and I am a Warcraft-aholic.
I’ve been sobre (US readers: sober) for 4 months 2 weeks and 3 days. I have not set foot in Azeroth. My Mage remains a mere, pre-extension level 60. My guild has probably forgotten me.
But now this has just arrived in my email:
I am trusting in a higher power. And I don’t mean a level 70 Warrior.
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
Rob Paterson talks about his work with KETC hosting conversations on the subject of immigration: Why are so many people so angry? Often he writes the stated reasons are about
I really enjoyed Matthew May’s Change This manifesto Mind of the Innovator: Taming the Traps of Traditional Thinking. So I was immediately drawn to his latest Creative Elegance, The Power
Gov 2.0: A Peace Corps for Programmers "Our government should be at least as capable as a quickly organized group of virtual volunteers. It will certainly have the budget for
Todd Sattersten has produced a succinct ebook on the subject of costs, margins and pricing. It’s packed with interesting facts and ideas from a variety of industries. Todd argues that
