Mark Earls has another good post on the pitfalls of seeking the “key influencers” as a way of instigating change.
I share Mark’s scepticism about over-rational models for explaining how change happens and also about the hero-centric notions of leadership that seem to go with them. (I’ve been browsing through Ramesh Khurana’s Searching for a Corporate Saviour, which challenges that worldview too.)
The competitive streak in me means I need to keep with Tony Goodson’s blog. The struggles of learning to speak “Movable Type” and thoughts on the nature of blogging.
Earlier today I was writing about passion brands and the power of community. I got a small but interesting example of this principle in action when I visited Ton Zijltra’s blog to find that he’s opened a separate blog on his planned abandonment of Microsoft.
Welcome to the Ourhouse Weblog. Blogging is something I’ve become increasingly interested in. Earlier this month I set up the Beyond Branding Blog which is
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
The AntiBrand: blackSpot sneakers, a project by Adbusters attacks Nike directly. In doing so they take on what has become one of the great icons
My friend Olaf Brugman has invited me to take part in a workshop in Brussels on October 29th. It looks set to be an interesting
The Church of the Customer blog quotes an NY Times interview with David Bowie who says: I’m fully confident that copyright for instance, will no
I’ve just started to suffer from Spam comments the latest effort by these wretches to publicise their sites. They basically post fatuous comments to weblogs
At the NGO conference (blogged yeserday and the day before) I met Martin Roell a German blogger and e-business guru. He’s blogged the event in
I’ve finally started paying attention to RSS and all this stuff about “Blog Aggregators”. The final shove was wanting to get Martin Roell’s English feed.
I’m excited to be kicking off the New Year by facilitating an Open Space in Galway. This will be for Reset Ireland taking place on the 15th and 16th January.
I’ve been thinking about a couple of cookie-related stories I’ve noticed recently. I blogged the first a while back ago: Bob Sutton found this nugget in this report One of
Tom Guarriello has a nice post on doing just enough facilitation. Just enough = elegant = the sweet spot. That’s what I’m looking for whenever I design anything: a meeting
I generally find the cheapest conferences are the best so a free one is not to be sniffed at. NESTA are hosting a one-dayer 20 May called The Innovation Edge
