I think Harold Jarche is spot on offering a cold bath to HR and other departments.
Rambling thoughts on models
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
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Planning as drowning
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
Leadership as holding uncertainty
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
Concreting Complexity
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
The absurd
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
Leadership as emergent, co-created and unheroic
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
Rewriting history…
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
Who says fun is dangerous?
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
Ever wondered what it’s like to work in a porn shop?
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
And I thought there was only one
Suddenly there’s another John Moore marketing blog. I realise I’m a bit of an addict for this, but this latest is not mine. It’s produced
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Chaos rules
Viv McWaters points to this cheering slideshow from Inc: Chaos Rules. As a raging intuitive it’s music to my ears.
11 August 2007
Sainsbury’s changes tack
The latest TV ad (clip at David Reviews) for Sainsbury’s features Jamie Oliver as usual only there’s a distinct change in tone. Instead of our Jamie doing a pseudo-report on
4 January 2005
Brands and community
James reflect’s on Nike’s expensive attempt to build a community, Joga. Compare this to Arseblog a blog written by a single Irishman armed with a fan’s insight into the anxieties
15 December 2006
Customer service improv
Since my return to London, I’ve reactivated my Google Adwords experiment. Adwords really play to my inner geek and I enjoy tweaking the ads, the words, the links and the
7 January 2005
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