Carl Sagan on starting from scratch
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Carl Sagan Starting from scratch is overrated (and impossible).… Read More »Carl Sagan on starting from scratch
Stuart Patience
Marks and Spencer as disruptive innovators
Marks and Spencer have been a mainstay of British retail for more than 100 years, so it’s hard to imagine them as disruptive innovators –… Read More »Marks and Spencer as disruptive innovators
Recommendation: Matthew O. Jackson on The Human Network
If you’re interested in how ideas, behaviours or prosperity spread through groups of people, this is talk at Google is worth a watch. Recommend.
Podcast recommendation: Econtalk – Andy Matuschak on Why Books Don’t Work
This is a fantastic interview that takes Andy Matuschak‘s controversially titled essay as a springboard for a not-really-controversial but fascinating discussion of teaching, learning and… Read More »Podcast recommendation: Econtalk – Andy Matuschak on Why Books Don’t Work
Future partners
The next time you’re working a colleague or partner, ask yourself if it’s possible that you’ll still be working together in ten or twenty year’s… Read More »Future partners
Choices: how much?
Some questions to help you decide whether to buy something: How many cups of coffee is this worth? (If it’s less than five cups of… Read More »Choices: how much?
Podcasting resource: Anchor.fm
anchor.fm comes highly recommended as free-to-use-with -almost-no-limits one-stop-shop for podcasting. It’s apparently brilliant, intuitive and powerful, and an easy way to get your podcast onto… Read More »Podcasting resource: Anchor.fm
Good/fast/cheap
You might manage two out of three if the cards fall your way, but you can’t have them all.
What’s the story? (1)
We’re always telling stories about who we are, where we’ve come from and where we going. We tell stories about what’s good and what’s bad,… Read More »What’s the story? (1)
Seth Godin on responsibility
Following on from yesterday’s post about supervision, here are some links to Seth Godin on responsibility: Rules and responsibility “Use your best judgment.” Bureaucracies have… Read More »Seth Godin on responsibility