Tag Archives: contribution
Meg Wheatley, Leadership and the New Science
There’s simple, complicated and complex. Simple is following a recipe for baking a cake, complicated is following a more sophisticated recipe for launching a space shuttle, and complex is a flock of birds. When I read Meg Wheatley’s first book … Continue reading
Neil Crofts, Authenticis
I came across Neil Crofts’ work five years ago when someone rang me up from the UK and said “Man, you’ve got to read this book.” And that book was called Authentic: How to Make a Living by Being Yourself. … Continue reading
Linda Holbeche, Meaningful Work
I recently heard a story about a consultant who quit his job to become a car mechanic, and he loved it because he got the satisfaction of overseeing the whole process of taking a car that needed to be fixed … Continue reading
Gina Trapani, Lifehacker
Tech writer and coder. That’s the header on Gina Trapani’s website, and it strikes me as exceedingly humble for someone who was named one of Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology in 2009 and 2010. Gina Trapani is the … Continue reading
Alan Webber, Fast Company
Alan Webber is the founding editor of Fast Company. Alan Webber and Fast Company have had a fundamental influence on my belief in Great Work—work that’s less hierarchical, more innovative, more creative, more design focused, more full of meaning and … Continue reading
