A selection of favourite posts…
On Literacy and Education
Deep Literacy: what it takes
Education for the future: which kids are ours? (1)
What it takes: a body of work
Education for the future: foundations (2)
What’s reading worth? OECD data on the economic returns to literacy
Kevin Kelly on deep literacy
Tyler Cowen on reading fast, reading widely and reading well
Neil Gaiman on reading fiction, empathy and changing the world
Books as network opportunities
Broker Books
Folk art and reading as rivals
Misreading the mind: Ezra Klein and Nicholas Carr on transactional reading and contemplation
C.S. Lewis on reading the originals
Technology, change and the future
On Organisations
Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation – Seth Godin’s Boostrapper’s Workshop (Series)
On vision, values and leadership
The trampoline: networks, standards and freedom
Progressive. Conservative.
Seeds
Leadership: say the words
Making and communicating solutions
Other
Setting the bar low
Hinterland
Stan Lee (1922-2018) – What If?