Seth Godin on slack in systems
If you ask most people who run a factory, or an organisation or a sports team, what they’re looking for is a taut, firm connection… Read More »Seth Godin on slack in systems
Stuart Patience
Resource: Seth Godin on Systems Thinking
Akimbo Season 4 Episode 20 (July 10, 2019) – Systems Thinking This is a great episode of riffs on how systems create – and constrain… Read More »Resource: Seth Godin on Systems Thinking
Money: cause or symptom?
We often focus on the money, but it’s not a cause or an end in itself. It helps to think of your financial position as… Read More »Money: cause or symptom?
Seeds (3): becoming Beatrix Potter
1866 Helen Beatrix Potter born in London. 1876 Beatrix Potter has already been doing a lot of drawing and painting. This watercolour is from 1876,… Read More »Seeds (3): becoming Beatrix Potter
Drucker on the theory of the business
The theory of the business must be known and understood throughout the organisation. This is easy in the organization’s early days. But as it becomes… Read More »Drucker on the theory of the business
Gifts
What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? Paul… Read More »Gifts
Where do you want to go?
And do you trust that the people you’re following can get you there? Have they been there before? Has anyone been there before? For interesting… Read More »Where do you want to go?
Motion sickness: change and stability
If you’ve ever suffered from motion sickness in a car or on a boat, you probably know that it helps to look at a fixed… Read More »Motion sickness: change and stability
Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
Many of the seeds of the automobile industry came from bicycle manufacturers (I touched on this in Use, Copy, Repair, Make), and on a visit… Read More »Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
On inequality
Inequality is inevitable (because we’re all different), and it isn’t necessarily wrong (if we value the freedom to make meaningful choices) and doesn’t necessarily have… Read More »On inequality