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
The last few days have really reconfirmed my preference for getting my news online. The mainstream media, more than ever, offers only bread and circuses. The endless politics-as-horse-race coverage is
I listened again this morning to Viv’s and my podcast with David Robinson on the tyranny of excellence. David’s motto, “put down your clever, pick up your ordinary” is often
I know we’re in the early days of of neuroscience and we shouldn’t get too excited about MRI scans. But this little image from this article caught my eye. I
I used to host this website with Internetters. A few months ago they were taken over by IOMART. The standard of service went into decline. In particular, the previously friendly
