Category: inspiration
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Books As Art
I’m a sucker for a well designed book cover and have often thought of it as an underrated form of design. I think it adds a lot to the book your reading if it has a great cover. It can really set off, or frame, what’s inside. And it can’t be easy to capture all…
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The Great Football Giveaway
Image courtesySome years ago my missus was a marketer for Actionaid, the international anti-poverty agency. As part of the job she went on a trip to Malawi in Africa, then as it is now, one of the poorest countries in the world. I remember her describing the absolute poverty she had encountered, but also the…
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The Greatest Natural Resource
You Tube have been hosting a channel for video content from the World Economic Forum in Davos ("This year, you get to join them"). Amongst the videos of the sessions, is a fascinating little project called "The Davos Question". The question in question, so to speak, is: "What one thing do you think that companies,…
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Keeping It Peel
I’ve just finished reading the autobiography/biography of John Peel (the reason it is both is because, sadly, John died half way through writing it so it was finished by his wife Sheila, aka The Pig). John had long been one of my heroes. I remember listening to his show on many late nights with friends…
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The Top 10 Ways To Come Up With Great Ideas
I’ve seen a few posts of this ilk (for a recent good one go here). They’re never less than interesting but successful ideas generation is a personal thing so they rarely capture all that works for me. So here is what does – my take on the best way to generate excpetional ideas: Commute. By…
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The 60 Second PHD In Leadership
"Think back to the best boss and the worst boss you ever had.1. Make a list of all things done to you that you abhorred.2. DON’T DO THEM TO OTHERS. EVER.3. Make another list of things done to you that you loved.4. DO THEM TO OTHERS. ALWAYS.And you thought leadership was complicated." Dee Hock, Founder…
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You’ve Got To Be In It To Win It
"I believe that unless one interacts with and plays with the leading technology of the age, it is impossible to dream the big dreams, and difficult to create an environment in which creative individuals will feel at home." From Tom Glocer, the CEO of Reuters. I’ve written before about the benefits of organisations (and individuals…
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Innovation, Ideas, Simplicity
Skelliewag is a site for ‘Bloggers, webmasters, and web workers’ and it’s uncommonly good. It’s sort of about ideas, productivity, innovation, writing, blogging, and creativity (including ‘The Top 20 Ways to come up with Amazing Ideas‘) but the posts are typically rather splendid. My own favourites are: 110+ resources for creative mindsLittle Words, Big Meaning,…
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Free Range
I’ve always believed in empowerment and giving my staff plenty of room for maneouvre. In my experience you invariably get the best out of people by giving them clear goals and parameters, the tools to do the job, the right environment in which to do it, and then allowing them relative freedom of movement. A…
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Blessays, Blogs and Blisquisitions
Really enjoying Stephen Fry’s new blog right now. His posts, or what he calls his ‘Blessays’ (Blog Essays) read like a chapter in a book so they take some reading but they’re well worth it. His new one, on the nature of fame, is a fantastic read and includes this gem: "I have been pondering…