I know I’ve posted this video before but I’ve been thinking of it a lot lately. Watching our MPs in the wake of the expenses scandal has been like watching a minor version of Ceausescu moments.
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
Jeff Jarvis puts his sharp finger on something I’ve felt strongly about for a while. Schmoozing the powers-that-be at Davos he goes to a session on transparency. It’s off-the-record of
Yesterday I facilitated an Open Space for the Bricking It conference held at Channel 4 in London. With my friends at Policy Unplugged, I’ve developed a stripped down version of
Keith Sawyer has spent decades researching creativity. His latest post reports his interviews with winners of the New Yorker cartoon caption competition. Among his conclusions: The first important discovery about
Viv and I have been using improv activities based on gibberish these past weeks as part of our work exploring ways of faciltiation. Gibberish in the world of improv, is
