I'm an avid fan of online comics, from Dilbert to Doonesbury. But one of my favourites is a relatively unknown strip called "Staggering Heights". It chronicles the lives and trials of a sleazy barfly named Jake, and a highly irregular cast of costars (my favourite is Murray - your average 300-pound … Continue Reading ››
This "Handbook on meeting people with a purpose" by Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey and Bill Taylor weighs in at a little under 200 pages, but it is packed with useful information. I bought it on amazon mainly because the title made me curious, and it was a quick and interesting read.
There isn't much earth-shattering … Continue Reading ››
You know guilty pleasures, right? How about guilty suffering? It's not that you really like it, you just can't resist it..?
That's how I feel about the Robinson TV-show ("Survivor" in the US). But the shows undeniable entertainment value aside, one question keeps popping up.
The fifth discipline by Peter M. Senge is one of those books that truly make a difference. It is referred to in many different contexts, and it played an important role in shaping the concepts of the learning organization.
He uses a cool analogy, and compares it to the first succesful commercial airplane the … Continue Reading ››
