The Corporation is a Canadian documentary released last year, which has an interesting premise: Under current law, a corporation is a person. But what kind of person?
Considering the odd legal fiction that deems a corporation a ?person? in the eyes of the law, the feature documentary employs a checklist, based on actual … Continue Reading ››
A small surprise
My girlfriend prepared a small surprise for me today. She'd made a cup of tea and bought a couple of pastries, but when I took a bite of mine, there was a ring in it.
For a moment I thought "whoah, is she proposing or what?" I don't mind telling you, that for … Continue Reading ››
For a moment I thought "whoah, is she proposing or what?" I don't mind telling you, that for … Continue Reading ››
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Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back
Book review: Tao Te Ching
I'm not really sure that it makes sense to review this book. I've read it and enjoyed it, but there is absolutely no way I can convey what it's about or why you should read this book. It is wise, poetic, enigmatic and enlightening. It is also vague, frustrating, weird and confusing.
Tao means the … Continue Reading ››
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We live in a world where attraction is ubiquitous. Organization wants to happen. People want their lives to mean something. We seek one another to develop new capacities. With all these wonderful and innate desires calling us to organize, we can stop worrying about designing perfect structure or rules. We need to become intrigued by … Continue Reading ››
The law of two feet
Inspired by a question on the OSlist (the Open Space mailing list), I wrote the following observations on the law of two feet. The law of two feet states, that in Open Space meetings, any time you feel that you're not learning and not contributing, you can use your two feet to go somewhere else.
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Book reviews
Did you know that there are now 65 book reviews on this site? Basically I've reviewed every business-related book I've read since I started this blog about a year ago with a few novels and various non-fiction thrown in for good measure. I only write reviews of the books I really like, so they're … Continue Reading ››
Book review: Eats, shoots & leaves
A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. … Continue Reading ››
Coffee, tea or … a chat with the airline CEO?
Inc. Magazine has an article about JetBlue CEO David Neeleman, who regularly puts in a stint on one of his flights, serving and meeting his customers.
As we sat there, buckling our seat belts and checking out the televisions in front of us, a middle-aged man with slightly graying hair stood up in … Continue Reading ››
As we sat there, buckling our seat belts and checking out the televisions in front of us, a middle-aged man with slightly graying hair stood up in … Continue Reading ››
The weight of a snowflake
"Tell me the weight of a snowflake," a coalmouse asked a wild dove.
"Nothing more than nothing," the dove answered.
"In that case I must tell you a marvelous story," the coalmouse said. "I sat on a fir branch close to the trunk when it began to snow. Not heavily, not in a … Continue Reading ››
"Nothing more than nothing," the dove answered.
"In that case I must tell you a marvelous story," the coalmouse said. "I sat on a fir branch close to the trunk when it began to snow. Not heavily, not in a … Continue Reading ››