I loved “London Underground” a hilarious protest song provoked by a tube drivers’ strike here in the Smoke. Using the tune from Going Underground. Talk about customers biting back!
You can hear it around 25’20” into Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code podcast: mp3.
WARNING: Lots – and I mean LOTS – of OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. Actually, OFFENSIVE IDEAS too, especially if you’re a tube driver. But hey, it’s art, baby!
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
Roger Martin has started a series of posts arguing that bosses of big organisations are increasingly disconnected from reality: I want to explore the growing malaise around business in particular
Why we shouldn’t get too beguiled by “the language of the boardroom”
Jack Zen has an intriguing post linking John Wayne’s teeth to thoughts about leadership or rather our delusions about it. He offers this thought which I like, at least I
I had a great meeting in the Organic Pub with James Cherkoff. We’re pressing ahead with our idea of running a workshop for clients. It’s to explore how to make
