A few years back I contributed a chapter to the More Space project. I had a look at it again recently and thought it still stood up pretty well.
Here’s the pdf: Simple Ideas Lightly Held. (The title is a nod towards David Weinberger’s elegant theme of small pieces loosely joined.) In part, it’s an exploration of how to deal with the challenge of complexity without falling into the trap of being simplistic or complicated. Enjoy!
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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
I was talking with a friend recently about some regular team meetings she attended. She (and most of those there) were frustrated with their lack of productivity. Her sense was
I’m continuing to work through Presence. The chapter on presence as a form of leadership is one of the strongest for me. It articulates a non-heroic idea of leadership that
Here’s one Mark will appreciate: Contagious Yawn “Sign of Empathy”. Apparently neuroscience suggests that people who yawn a lot are more empathetic. In the research the Beeb report,Psychology students were
James Cherkoff and I have had some interesting email conversations with Liam Mulhall a co-founder of Blowfly Beer. Last night I was able to interview him in Sydney, via Skype,
