Month: February 2015
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The Role of Short-Term Wins in Organisational Change
I'm a big fan of the value of short-term wins in helping to support, and generate momentum for, change in companies. In Leading Change, John Kotter has a pithy summary of why they work. The role of short-term wins:, he says, is to (and I quote): Provide evidence that sacrifices are worth it: Wins greatly help…
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The Difference Between Management and Leadership
Reading John Kotter's 'Leading Change', he makes the point that many organisations conflate management with leadership, yet they are far from being the same thing: "Management makes a system work. It helps you do what you know how to do. Leadership builds systems or transforms old ones." …and… "Management is a set of processes that…
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This Week’s Favourite Fraggl Links
Here are my favourite links from this week curated by Fraggl: An excellent profile piece on Jonathan Ive in the New Yorker which is well worth the read (I never realised that he had some influence over the design of the Star Wars light sabres) Inside the New York Times Instagram strategy (good piece, but can you really have an 'Instagram Strategy'?) An excellent…
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Coming to Australia
I'm posting this somewhat later than intended (it's been one of those weeks) but I'll be coming over to Sydney next week for meetings and to begin the planning for an exciting (but for now secret-squirrel) work-related project. I'm always keen to meet ODF readers and subscribers when I travel so if you're in Sydney…
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This Week’s Favourite Fraggl Links
Here are my favourite links from this week curated by Fraggl: FastCompany's annual look at the world's most innovative companies is as good as ever. I particularly liked the design, advertising and marketing, and the Africa lists A great piece on how the Nathan Barley nightmare came true A good (and free) ebook on Product Management from Intercom The APG…
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Building a Meaningful Career
If I'm honest I get rather impatient with over-simplistic platitudes suggesting that the secret to having a meaningful career is simply to follow your dream. On the surface, and for some of us, this no doubt makes complete sense. If you have a dream then of-course you should do everything you can to find…
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Getting Things Done
I loved some of the quotes that Austin Kleon pulled out from his reading of David Allen's classic Getting Things Done. I hadn't read Allen's book but judging by some of the gems that Kleon picked out it looks like it could well be worth it. These included the importance of clearing your mind of unnecessary burden:…
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This Week’s Favourite Fraggl Links
Here are my favourite links from this week curated by Fraggl: Really like the look of Flow (above) – a programmable, wireless controller for computers and other connected devices that has raised over $270K on Indiegogo The guys at (friends of ODF) Storythings are launching a podcast which should be excellent. In the run up, they've put out a call for…
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Post of the Month – January 2015 – The Winner
Something of a run of votes for Nick Hammond's How We Read Today post means that it is the winner of this month's vote. So well done Nick. You are entered into the Hall of Fame. My thanks to everyone who took part.
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Post of the Month – January 2015 – The Vote
Bit of a longer list in this month’s vote including a video talk nominated by Dan which is a break from the norm but deserves it’s place in our shortlist. So this month’s vote is between: The Dunning-Kruger Peak of Advertising by Eaon Pritchard Pulp Viral by Dan Weingrod A Mile Wide, An Inch Deep by Ev Williams…