Jeff Jarvis takes a few well-aimed jabs at our acceptance of deadly keynote speeches and other manifestations of a top-down educational system. (Click here if you can’t see the embed.)
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
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
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
Chris Carfi identifies the money quote in Erik Keller’s article Pushing a “Pull Model” “Now this approach may be seen as foolhardy by those who believe that products are always
Maria Popova spots this great comment from John Steinbeck. If there is a magic in story writing and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to
“Yourfreedom” – hit miss or maybe? « Don't Get Fooled Again Good piece by Richard Wilson sticking up for this exercise in public participation. I like how he counters the
This comment from BuzzMachine… by Jeff Jarvis… Media is getting personal Perhaps it’s as simple as that. Media was institutional. Now it is personal. By personalizing media, I don’t mean
