Just one chapter
If you could write a book – any kind of book – with a group of other people, who would they be? What would the… Read More »Just one chapter
serving
Starting line
Where’s the starting line? Sometimes we’re a few steps further down the track than the people we want to take with us: we’ve given it… Read More »Starting line
A great place to work
More from Tom Peters – slides copied in with his encouragement to preserve the idiosyncratic formatting.***** Tom Peters: Richard Branson on the purpose of business:… Read More »A great place to work
Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation Rule 1: Real Work for Clients First
This is the first in a series applying Seth Godin’s rules of bootstrapping (see also here) to building a non-profit organisation. Rule 1: Ship Real Work… Read More »Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation Rule 1: Real Work for Clients First
The meat is on the street
John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard movement of churches, wasn’t renowned as a systematic religious teacher. Apparently people would ask him “John, when are you… Read More »The meat is on the street
Intelligences
Imagine you are in charge of developing an artificial intelligence. Your AI has the ability to move into the world and mingle with human beings,… Read More »Intelligences
Why you?
Imagine someone else made a product very much like yours… No. Imagine that someone else was selling exactly your product, doing your thing, only slightly… Read More »Why you?
A broken promise
I was on the receiving end of a broken promise a couple of weeks ago: a cancelled flight. The airline gave me a refund, but… Read More »A broken promise
Steve Krug on Simplicity
The last of three posts on the themes of clarity, simplicity and focus – here’s Steve Krug from his incredibly helpful and practical Don’t Make… Read More »Steve Krug on Simplicity
Making and communicating solutions
The idea is this: If you know how to solve a problem but can’t communicate it to others in a way that actually results in… Read More »Making and communicating solutions