Leading, ends and means
Those who set the purpose or the direction for a team need to exercise their authority and be absolutely insistent about the end states to be achieved,… Read More »Leading, ends and means
Stuart Patience
“How do I take these thoroughbreds and turn them into a team?”
Getting a team together? Start building it before you’re even in the room. Kathy Delaney-Smith is the coach of the Harvard woman’s basketball team… A… Read More »“How do I take these thoroughbreds and turn them into a team?”
What goes around
Do your work well. Talk about it with people who might be interested. Ask about their work. Share stuff. Collaborate. Show up. Be a pleasure… Read More »What goes around
Too many buckets
You can fill a bucket pretty quickly under a tap. But try and fill a lot of buckets at once – a drip here, a… Read More »Too many buckets
Anything yet: never a better time
When should you start? The internet feels saturated with apps, platforms, devices, and more than enough content to demand our attention for the next million… Read More »Anything yet: never a better time
Top posts from Seth Godin
This is a list I’ll update from time to time The digital divide is being flipped About inequality at the foundations of education in the… Read More »Top posts from Seth Godin
GNU-GPL – a base of code
Richard Stallman famously wrote the GNU GPL, which is a license based on copy-left, not copyright. His position is the freedom to work with computers… Read More »GNU-GPL – a base of code
Where’s the scene?
In the first full episode of the Broken Record podcast, Malcolm Gladwell chats to Rick Rubin about the start of his journey to becoming a… Read More »Where’s the scene?
Blood and Bone (3): Drucker on decisions
All events but the truly unique require a generic solution. They require a rule, a policy, or a principle. Once the right principle has been… Read More »Blood and Bone (3): Drucker on decisions
Blood and Bone (2): policy from decisions
An easy way to start making policy is to take a moment to record decisions you’ve made and why you made them. When you can… Read More »Blood and Bone (2): policy from decisions