Ian McKellan put in a delightful performance on the telly this morning challenging fundamentalists who cite the bible as the absolute authority on morality. (Basically saying this was just a figleaf for homophobia). He quoted Thomas Jefferson
We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
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
Jack Martin Leith has a thoughtful post about conversation with some juicy quotes. This one makes particular sense to me: Your organization’s culture is nothing more than what individuals say
Rob Paterson has picked up on an article by Michael Goldhaber which argues that the ability to create attention is the way to create wealth in the information economy.
Here’s a good free offer. My friends Alain Rostain and Terrill Fisher are giving a free one-hour teleclass this Friday. Using improv principles and tools over the telephone to help
This is probably going to be a mistake. I’ve just read that my friends Viv and Patti have signed up for Reverb10. It’s a challenge to express online a response
