Archive for February, 2009
A picture is worth…
Posted by Sharon 26 February 2009I spent a chunk of last year trying to get my head around the research into sustainability, to help position the new “Sustainable Leadership Practices” (SLP) tool I was testing, courtesy of Professor Gayle Avery at MGSM.
In frustration I turned to Wikipedia and found this image (reproduced on the left below) and suddenly all the […]
Talking about it versus showing it
Posted by Sharon 26 February 2009Just skimming through Steve Denning’s latest eNewsletter and I clicked on a supposedly helpful link (not from Steve): “50 Writing Tools”. Hmmm - “50 Writing concepts and not an example in sight” would be a more descriptive title.
I tried another link: “Having your listeners get the point without preachiness” and Steve gave three simple examples […]
Wisps of Ideas
Posted by Sharon 25 February 2009One summer’s day at Chinamans beach, I watched amazed as tiny wisps of nearly nothing swirled together to become a significant cloud. I’d never noticed a cloud appear from nothing before and marvelled at the process.
This metaphor neatly describes my experience over the past six months. From a wisp of an idea last year, sixteen […]