Adriana spotted this (via Ugly Doggy) and it made me laugh (and want to cry, a little.)
And if you liked that you’ll forgive me for reminding you of this one:
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
Yesterday I got an email from Loren Ekroth of Conversation Matters. It touches on a favourite theme of mine and here it is verbatim. “Christmas
A quick ramble on the nature of paradox, inspired by a blog on the value of both fear of the new and curiosity
Stowe Boyd reflects on swift trust a way that groups of freelances can work together bypassing the more elaborate bonding processes often invented by organisations. Here’s how he defines it:
I can’t easily recall much about Covey’s Seven Habits. But I do recall his little diagram distinguishing between a person’s circle of concern and circle of influence. Like all models
After spending a couple of days wondering in the mysterious world of Jung’s shadow I felt like a blast of something more sceptical. So I picked up Richard Dawkins’ Unweaving
Viv has been blogging up a storm this week, in anticipation of the workshop we’re running at the end of August. Staying alive: Too much time in meetings gets spent
