I was in a Waterstones the other day surveying the shelves full of business books and thinking: if these books really did have the answers how come things aren’t closer to excellence in the world? Content is not king, as Hugh points out.
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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
My morning swim is a reminder of the value in accepting different styles—a lesson that applies to group dynamics too.
Roland Harwood talks about the range of innovation projects made possible by the net, from global to hyper-local. He includes this view What they miss is the power of people
Wise words from johnmoore at Brand Autopsy: The major reason why word-of-mouth hasn’t taken off is not because marketers lack the metrics to measure it. It’s because most products, services,
Andrew Sullivan quotes Simone Weil … those to whom destiny lends might perish for having relied too much upon it. It is impossible that they should not perish. For they
