Spotted on the staircase at The Hub Melbourne.
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
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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
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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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Brands… with a conscience?
“Brands with a conscience” may sound like an oxymoron but bear with me. This is the title the Medinge Group brand think-tank has given to a selection of organisations that
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Trust, control, power, silence
I loved Chris Corrigan’s post about Alan Watts‘ views on trust and control. Here’s a snippet: …many societies, including traditional Chinese society and I would argue, many First Nations societies
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How’s that for an intervention?
In his book Dialogue and the art of thinking together William Isaacs tells of a charged meeting of Russians and Chechens. At the first toast of the evening the negotiatior/facilitator
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Soft vigilance and holding
Another nugget from The Power of Mindful Learning. Langer talks about soft vigilance. In psychological circles or when danger is involved, attention is often called vigilance. Staying vigilant is a
30 July 2006
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