Edward Tufte: Seeing and Believing
A great example of a person living a multidimensional life in more than one world is Edward Tufte, profiled recently by Adam Aston in BusinessWeek, Tufte’s Invisible Yet Ubiquitous Influence. …
Month: June 2009
Treasures in The Globe and Mail’s Book Section
The science of creativity in The Globe and Mail provided a reminder to me about Jacob Bronowski, the scientist/author who achieved a degree of fame in the early 1970s with …
Peter Drucker and Your Future
Although it was written for a journalism-related readership, I think any knowledge worker can gain valuable insights from a guest column I wrote this week for the website 21st News, …
Glastonbury For Those Who Can’t Be There
Most of us will not be able to attend Britain’s annual Glastonbury Festival, which starts Thursday. But we can live vicariously by checking out the festival’s extensive website, and the …
Fast Company’s Most Creative in Business Lists: Compulsive Clicking
If you like lists as much as I do, you’ll be kept busy for a long time perusing the 100 Most Creative People in Business on FastCompany.com. It’s an intriguing …
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Quick Questions for Leaders
One of the best ways to start your week is to read Bill Taylor’s concise leadership advice on HarvardBusiness.org, The 10 Questions Every Change Agent Must Answer. I first found …
Seven Days of Conferences and Workshops
I spent seven days, from last Sunday through Friday, at three different conferences and workshops, beginning with the American Independent Writers Annual Conference in Washington, D.C, on June 13, the …
Final Day at the 100th Annual SLA Conference
My four days at the 100th annual conference of the Special Libraries Association/SLA, in Washington, D.C are over. As I mentioned in earlier posts, I met many new people, reconnected …
The 14th Special Libraries Symposium
The highlight of my time Monday at the 100th annual conference of the Special Libraries Association/SLA, in Washington, D.C. – besides meeting many interesting new people and reconnecting with friends …
One Hundred Years of Drucker and SLA
It’s appropriate that this week I am at the 100th annual conference of the Special Libraries Association/SLA, in Washington, D.C., and also carrying around the galleys of my book, Living …