What is it about American leaders that they like to have crowds of poker-faced people standing behind them when they’re giving speeches? From this side of the Atlantic it looks really weird. Actually it looks really naff. Haven’t these folks got something more useful to do?
(Partly prompted by Fouroboro’s post here.)
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’ve just given a presentation on Beyond Branding in Jersey. It was fun to take ideas that have been percolating for months and give them a public airing. It was
Euan remembers a painful effort at internal communication at the Beeb. High production values get in the way. I think it applies elsewhere too. High production values used to be
This story came to me via Sue Glasser. An ecologist studying flamingos on Kenya
My mate VIv really struck a chord with me today: Everybody’s afraid. Of something. The future. The past. Our capability or inability; the voice in our head that says yes
