Guy Kawasaki’s picks up on Duncan Watts’ very provocative research on network effects: Forget the A-list after all. (I wrote about Watts’ stuff here and here last year.)
Watts is framed as some kind of anti-Gladwell because his work challenges the Tipping Point view that some folks have much more influence than others in the propagation of ideas.
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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
Yesterday I had a go at recording a podcast. Or something quite podcast-like we’re still working on the technicalities. Speaking of which, it was great to have Corante providing all
I had some good conversations yesterday prompted by my post about Jaffa Groups. This idea has been forming in my head for a long time, and it’s fun to finally
I had a lovely lunch today with Russell “Interesting” Davies. Something he said made me wonder if there was a special word to describe the phenomenon where someone says something
Fascinating report from The Economist: How to tell when your boss is lying. Researchers identify a number of patterns common to CEOs and CFOs who turn out with hindsight, to
