Values and vision: the acid test
Peter Drucker and Stephen Covey ask the same simple question to get at the heart of these: “What do you want to be remembered for?”… Read More »Values and vision: the acid test
Values
Taking the temperature
What do you do to keep an eye on how your team is doing – as individuals and a team? A less-structured meeting (or part… Read More »Taking the temperature
Responsibility
Whether you’re improving your own work or helping others improve theirs,* it pays to spend time talking about who is responsible for what – and… Read More »Responsibility
Champion, or Ways to Win (1)
There are a couple of types of champion: Noun 1 A person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition [as… Read More »Champion, or Ways to Win (1)
Econtalk: Mauricio Miller on Poverty, Social Work, and the Alternative
This is a really interesting episode of Econtalk, and worth a listen. Highlight 1: Accurate description of poor communities A couple of things here really… Read More »Econtalk: Mauricio Miller on Poverty, Social Work, and the Alternative
Creative Commons resources – open source literacy webinar
Note: Links to resources are at the bottom. The footnotes are worth reading. On Thursday I attended ‘Creative Commons Basics’, a webinar hosted by the… Read More »Creative Commons resources – open source literacy webinar
Easy for you
I love obstacle courses. A lifetime ago I was very-part-time in the army, and I remember a morning on an obstacle course early on in… Read More »Easy for you
This sort of thing
Those who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. Artemus Ward* I came across this at the start… Read More »This sort of thing
Externalities
We’re familiar with the externalities of industrial production and consumption. They’re fairly predictable, and often visible. Even air pollution, the silent killer, is usually visible… Read More »Externalities
Brian Chesky on culture and hiring well
Our first employee was our first engineer and I think we looked for him for four or five months. I probably looked through thousands of… Read More »Brian Chesky on culture and hiring well