I want to expand a little on Mark's post and on the communication structure we're proposing. hope you don't mind, but let me start with how the idea emerged. My first real job back in the 1980s was to work for Oracle Systems, the database company. called my manager in and confessed by ignorance and he gave me a crash course. Changing behaviour MORE >>

Tweet Euan Semple’s fantasy : A business where everyone blogs. Everyone thinks about what they are doing and writes about what they are doing. From the top to the bottom, the edges to the middle. Everyone awake and bouncing off each other intellectually as they get more and more effective at whatever they do. question. complexity Work MORE >>

While Darrell thinks that Microsoft buying Skype in a $8.5 billion deal is probably good news for video chat users , there will probably be some Skype customers who are worried about the implications of the acquisition and may be looking for alternatives. Here is a list of some of our favorites: VoIP/Phone service. Google Voice. only). Vbuzzer. MORE >>

The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has recently released some very interesting research on Navigating News Online , digging into how people navigate to news sites and what takes them away. Among the interesting insights was data on how news website traffic comes from Google and Facebook, shown below. MORE >>

I’m reading an advance copy of Andrew O’Keeffe’s new book ‘Hardwired Humans: Successful Leadership Using Human Instincts’. am looking forward meeting Dr Jane Goodall when she launches the book on June 6. One of the human instincts, ‘emotion before reason’ tells us that emotions play a huge role in our decision making. We have some important news.’ MORE >>