http://www.designflux.org/blog Blogging on Business Change Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:00:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Love Senge's 5th discipline even though it's 'old' by biz book standards.\n\nIn the book he talks about 3 components of Harley's organisational systems. The management system is made of formalised goals, the swirl are lots of new ideas being tested and the wall of fire is the rigorous process ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=149 Do you think if we moved all the humans off thus planet then another conscious species would evolve? http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=148 Liked this article and its 4 stages of entreprenuership. https://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/the-world/article/you-arent-crazy-youre-just-an-entrepreneur-pamela-slim http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=145 I am increasingly amazed at the media and fanboy perception of Apple as the last independent bastion of computing punching above its weight against the cruel industry giants that have unfairly held monopolies over it... Sure this might have been true back in the day when IBM was the lead producer ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=144 "Japan has announced plans to send a $21 billion solar power generator into space that will be capable of producing one gigawatt of energy, or enough to power 294,000 homes. The project recently received support from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp, who are now teaming up in the race ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=143 Consulting is a very interesting field with much variety and ability to be where the action is but after a while the lack of responsibility is a noticeable gap. Whilst you may always have the best client interests at heart the impact of your carefully crafted advice can only ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=142 Primal Leadership by Goleman et al is a great read. The pieces on looking at your ideal self are a great wake up call. A really interesting piece also on self deception in a positive light. Apparently studies of many successful people uncover ego defence mechanisms of self deception to ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=141 Great article I read recently promoting more inquiry in discussion to get to the nub of why people think differently from you rather than moving on to pitch your different idea. It would certainly be refreshing to spend less time trying to convince others and we'd probably learn more... ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=140 Read really interesting course notes from London business school leadership module. This academic thinking was around management being about learning skills but leadership being more about personal mastery and knowing yourself. With more confidence around that we express ourselves more and lead more in areas we are passionate ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=139 Running in the hills the other day and as per most social norms I gave a hearty hello to those I passed. Coming into town later near the end of the run I noticed I had stopped the hellos and had adopted the London 1000 yd stare. There was ... http://www.designflux.org/blog/?p=138