There is no silver bullet, no magic recipe

They’re difficult because they resist simple solutions. Glib answers and over-simplication have been tried before, and failed. People have tried all of the obvious solutions. They haven’t worked. That’s why we’ve resorted to calling them difficult problems. Difficult problems require emotional labor, approaches that feel risky and methods that might not work […]

Sam Hunt is one of my favourite New Zealand poets/performers (close friend Brian Sweeney used to be his Manager back in the day).‘Coming to it’ features 120 of Sam’s poems, covering 56 years of work – and Colin Hogg’s book ‘Sam Hunt, Off the Road’ is a great new look at hanging with Hunt.‘Coming to it’, … the poems were chosen by the poet, are undated and ar […]

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Brooklyn Faulkner Brooklyn Faulkner   The image of corporate offices may make you think of harsh fluorescent light, drab colors, cheap furniture and stale air. The 20th century office was filled with noise, cigarette smoke and fumes from the synthetic materials found in the furnishings and walls. Once computers were introduced, companies controlled the tempe […]

Daniele Pigni Daniele Pigni Extreme Diversity is a radical approach to smash the barriers that don't allow minorities to grow and excel in organizations. While the common diversity initiatives try to address micro-problems, Extreme Diversity is a radical transformation of operations, values and people to really make a difference. Read more […]

Icadore Feldknocker Icadore Feldknocker Innovation jargon - we see it and hear it every day.  For practitioners, it’s our vocabulary.  But does our audience know what we’re talking about?  Maybe at a tech startup or in a Brooklyn coffee shop.  But at an old-line manufacturer, it can sound like the babble of another new corporate initiative.  Instead of creat […]