Bob Sutton rounds up some interesting research on the narcissism of CEOs – and the measurable costs to their organisations. One example: CEOs who received praise in the media were likely to overpay for companies they acquired. Worth reading it all.
Hat tip: Tim Kastelle’s tweet
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
It’s kinda funny that of all the things said in the Presidential debate the one with the most traction relates to Big Bird. Reminds me of my friend’s interest in
Pew reports a big increase in the number of American’s using the internet for presidential campaign news. The number’s up from 10% to 33% in just four years. TV and
Interesting post by Jame at Community Guy: What is community? Here’s a snippet People often think that blogs, forums wikis, and other tools are community. In actuality, those tools are
Humility – Only Dead Fish "As Paul Graham says, VCs miss good startups all the time, but it's extraordinarily rare for one to talk about it publicly until long after
