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Finding What Works,… 1 Dec 2011 | 05:01 am
… I’m almost finished reading an inspiring book by Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers called A Simpler Way. It was recommended by an associate as a ‘must read’; a book that was first publishe...
Games For Change,… 3 Aug 2011 | 05:27 am
… I just returned from a workshop called Gamestorming, and have to say it opened my eyes to various ways to get a group of knowledge workers comfortable in contributing in a creative team setting. Wh...
Meetings Are Toxic,… 6 May 2011 | 02:00 am
… not exactly the headline one who launched a meetings venture (that’s me with Workspring) wants to hear,… but it’s one of the chapter titles in a book I really love – Rework by Jason Fried & David He...
And Simon Says,… 2 Apr 2011 | 05:36 am
… touch your knees,… and Simon Says, raise your hands,… I never was too good at this follow-the-leader game. I don’t know if it was a quiet way of declaring my individuality, or more just a matter of...
People Powered Processing,… 8 Mar 2011 | 06:24 am
… try and say that five-times in a row. Last night I watched the conclusion of IBM’s Grand Challenge on Jeopardy,… which pitted IBM’s ‘question answering supercomputer’ called Watson against the best...
Rule Of Three… 19 Jan 2011 | 11:35 pm
… I have to admit I never thought too much about it, until I saw this phrase ‘rule of three’ in a book written about Steve Jobs, someone I’ve always admired. The book is called The Innovation Secrets...
Play Baby Play ... 25 Nov 2010 | 03:10 am
… it’s the conclusion I have drawn from two sources, one that I’m reading now, and one I read a while back. They are Serious Play by Michael Schrage; and Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and Ja...
Complexity requires Creativity … 9 Nov 2010 | 09:58 am
… that’s what 1,541 CEO’s said in a 2009/2010 research study conducted by IBM. And I quote, “The effects of rising complexity call for CEOs and their teams to lead with bold creativity.” In the prio...
Me to We … 12 Oct 2010 | 07:43 am
… I’ve talked a couple times about the accelerating shift in knowledge worker activity, from ‘I’ work (the tasks we do on our own) to ‘WE’ work (the tasks we do with others),… and have labeled this as...
Change Your Mind … 20 Jul 2010 | 01:22 am
… I’ve been known to do so,… sometimes with good results, other times not so good. But at least I was always aware when I was changing my mind. There is a new book out that suggests our minds may b...
