Neil Perkin examines the success of the New York Times paywall. In a nutshell, it works because it’s porous.
Porosity is a concept that’s caught my attention before. I guess it goes pretty closely with a tolerance for ambiguity.
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
Sig contrasts three schools of marketing – The MBA, The Circus Act and The Conversation, and comes down in favour of an Interactive Circus Act. You’ll find me sitting next
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is one my favourite books. Andrew Rixon’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to Better Meetings is a delightful riff on it. I especially loved his point about
Russell Davies has released the last 100 tickets for Interesting 2007. At the moment the Wiki for the event has this to say about the speakers: There will be some
Robert Benjamin – From The Horses Mouth: On The Nature Of Equine And Human Negotiations – has some interesting observations on how professionals treat clients who are in conflict. I resonate strongly with his thinking.
