‘A passionate amateur almost always beats a bored professional ‘-  from a post at Chris Anderson’s blog. Anderson is the author of The Longer Tail – ground-breaking second edition to The Long Tail.  What a great concept and you immediately realize that he has a point. In his post he goes on to say … […]

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People have been talking about ‘flattened organizations’ for decades. There are a whole rack of examples listed in books like ‘The Living Company’ (De Geus), ‘The Future of Work’ ( Malone), and ‘GUTS’ (Freibergs). Despite that, a great many companies and team are still struggling with finding ways of flattening themselves out. That is to […]

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Creating a collaborative relationship depends on many things not least the ‘first impression’ we make. Recently in the National Post (Canada): “A professional bull rider has to hold on to an irate, 2,000-pound bull for eight full seconds in order to receive a score,” the Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer says. “Not so outside of the bull-riding […]

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Recently I worked with a group of midwives who had been experiencing some team challenges. In the past they had been a very resilient team, overcoming many significant challenges. More recently, the team members had found themselves at odds with each other. Further more they had decided that a single individual was the source of […]

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The sea quirt provides a cautionary tale – when it is born, it floats through the open oceans seeking a place to make its home. Once the sea quirt finds a solid piece of ocean floor to attach itself to, it does a peculiar thing. The sea squirt eats its brain. Having achieved its objective, […]

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