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Tuesday, June 10
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blog1330479
on Tue 10 Jun 2008 14:48 BST
Science fiction writer Douglas Adams has a wonderful notion in his novel Dirk Gently’s Holisitic Detective Agency. Imagine a future ... more »
Saturday, May 10
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blog1330479
on Sat 10 May 2008 14:40 BST
Forget complexity. A vital part of the leader’s new agenda is to bring simplicity to complicated systems. My favourite champion ... more »
Monday, October 16
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blog1330479
on Mon 16 Oct 2006 11:50 BST
Speaking at large company events, I’m often approached by delegates who ask me for advice on leaving the corporate fold. ... more »
Friday, October 6
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blog1330479
on Fri 06 Oct 2006 11:47 BST
As a professional speaker and coach on creativity and innovation – which I call in my new book ‘re-thinking’ – ... more »
Tuesday, September 26
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blog1330479
on Tue 26 Sep 2006 10:35 BST
So much of the news isn’t. New, that is. I love Bob Dylan’s observation, “I prefer old news.” There’s a ... more »
Friday, September 8
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blog1330479
on Fri 08 Sep 2006 13:03 BST
The history of business is the rise and fall, ebb and flow of corporate empires. Likewise with the ideas that ... more »
Friday, July 28
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blog1330479
on Fri 28 Jul 2006 15:18 BST
There’s a large graffiti ‘installation’ by a canal near my Oxford house. It reads: ETHNIC CLEANING – BEWARE!
It’s fascinating ... more » Thursday, July 27
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blog1330479
on Thu 27 Jul 2006 10:06 BST
‘All has to do with loving and not loving,’ observed the mystic Rumi several centuries ago. More recently, it’s been ... more »
Tuesday, July 18
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blog1330479
on Tue 18 Jul 2006 11:00 BST
“Are you enjoying the World Cup?” my sweetheart asks, sweetly. It’s a perfectly reasonable question, but the wrong one, as ... more »
Friday, July 14
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blog1330479
on Fri 14 Jul 2006 11:24 BST
England’s departure from the World Cup at the quarter final stage is an expected agony. Our nemesis (again) is Luiz ... more »
Monday, June 26
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blog1330479
on Mon 26 Jun 2006 09:56 BST
So you’ve noticed it’s on? Love it or hate it, but there’s no hiding place. My son, currently on his ... more »
Wednesday, June 21
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blog1330479
on Wed 21 Jun 2006 12:09 BST
The Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter and Wayne Rooney’s metatarsal are conspicuous in their absence from this site. Except for ... more »
Monday, June 19
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blog1330479
on Mon 19 Jun 2006 15:59 BST
. . . is to explore music with friends instead. To me, there are few things more fun and stimulating ... more »
Monday, June 12
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blog1330479
on Mon 12 Jun 2006 08:37 BST
The Re-think Project is launching its online awards to celebrate and learn from great re-thinks, large and small. In time, ... more »
Thursday, June 8
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blog1330479
on Thu 08 Jun 2006 18:18 BST
For the press, the World Cup is like Christmas. Half of them write blistering articles attacking the English manager, the ... more »
Wednesday, June 7
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blog1330479
on Wed 07 Jun 2006 11:47 BST
The World Cup is clearly more about the foreplay than getting down to the real thing. More column metres and ... more »
Monday, June 5
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blog1330479
on Mon 05 Jun 2006 21:41 BST
Nick Drake, the long lost singer-songwriter hailed by many young musicians today as a powerful influence, sings a beautiful, wistful ... more »
Tuesday, May 23
by
blog1330479
on Tue 23 May 2006 09:45 BST
A fashionable phrase in business today is ‘steal with pride.’ You could say that stealing is true benchmarking when done ... more »
Sunday, May 7
by
blog1330479
on Sun 07 May 2006 05:26 BST
In Re-think I advocate having a Dictionary of Word Origins as your bathroom reading. Not only will this impress the ... more »
Saturday, May 6
by
blog1330479
on Sat 06 May 2006 18:25 BST
You may subscribe to the idea that Modern Life Is Rubbish (an album by Blur), but does it have to ... more »
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blog1330479
on Sat 06 May 2006 18:22 BST
Green Wing
UK TV – Channel 4 Hoscom is, apparently, the new word for a hospital comedy. The genre didn’t ... more » Wednesday, April 26
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blog1330479
on Wed 26 Apr 2006 11:35 BST
As an Oxford mis-educated lawyer, I’m meant to ‘define my terms’. As a free thinker, I refuse to do so, ... more »
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