Michael Herman spotted this piece of research suggesting peer support makes a crucial difference for diabetes sufferers. So the idea of being all in this together does work when it’s more than a slogan.
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
I spent today at a meeting of the Financial Services Forum. This was a gathering of people working in financial services with an interest in marketing. This was well above
This is interesting: Results of an experiment in risk and uncertainty management. Short version: talking about risk narrows the amount of information you will gather; talking about uncertainty leads to
Pablo Suarez has been chatting to Viv since meeting her in Berlin this month. He’s co-author of this excellent report: Games for a New Climate: Experiencing the Complexity of Future Risks.
I don’t agree with Seth’s analysis of the difference between a group of credit-card execs and a roomful of CPAs…
