More from Synchronicity: Until one is committed there is hesitance, The chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creations, there is on elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans. The...

Robert Fogel has some deep insight into values in modern western society - particularly as they relate to the world of work and the implications these shifts have for employers In this BOSS interview he argues that today's workers value their time more than money....

I'm sad to acknowledge that I've taken this long to catch up with the news of Peter Drucker's passing. Here is Harvard Business Review's acknowledgment of his contribution to management and leadership thinking.

As you may have gathered, chriscurnow.com is re-reading Synchronicity at the moment. I read something this morning that reminded me of the poem Our Greatest Fear by Marianne Williamson (quoted by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech.) So much of our work lives...

A colleague and I are currently planning a forum for leaders. At our most recent planning session, my colleague brought along her copy of Synchronicty. A book I love but had allowed to slip to the back of my mind. I had lent my copy to a friend so hadn't read it for a...

chriscurnow.com this week finally got around to opening his copy of BRW's Young Rich issue. In many ways it's hard going. Lots of thirty year-olds giving the secrets of their "success". As if these 30 y.o.'s know what "success" is. As if any of us really know what...

I have just added Death Sentence by Don Watson, to the Bookshelf.

I have found an increasing number of books on my bookshelf in the category "waiting to be read." I keep buying books even though I don't have time to read them all. Talking to a few people over the weekend, I realise this is a common problem. As a result, I've decided...

Dr Patrick Coghlan, National Transplantation Services Manager, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, raised a wide range of ethical issues and challenges for organisation development practitioners at the OD Australia AGM last Wednesday. One of the many that raised our...

Catherine Fox, in this month's BOSS magazine reviews Anne Manne's book Motherhood. I'm saddened by her undoubtably accurate observation: I'm happy to agree with Manne's conclusion that our obsession with work has gone too far - after all, I co-wrote a book with [BOSS...