I can't believe the fuss caused by a 15 second segment in Playschool showing a young girl being taken to a fair by her two "mummies". Both Prime Minister John Howard and Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson have accused the ABC of being 'politically correct'. It's a...

Breasts - The Women's Perspective on an American Obsession I believe that sexuality is really important in the world of work. It is there and denying it denies part of who we all are. However we need to be able to express our sexuality that builds relationship rather...

I wish I had just one photo of you.

Over the last few weeks I have been watching a small community run organisation try not to tear itself apart. It all started when one of the closeknit and well established group of four staff members went on maternity leave. 'Trish', the replacement person did not...

We were at a breakfast recently (we do eat sometimes you know) when we heard the familiar refrain "If you can't measure it then you can't manage it." Oh so sad to hear that tired old catchphrase beeing trumpeted again. Even sadder to reflect how many people believe it...

chriscurnow.com has had enthusiastic feedback to the first installment of "Three Cars in the Garage." Please keep coming back for further installments. We think it will take us about a week to edit each part. In the meantime, we will be posting shorter stories and...

This is the first chapter in a story about a company I once worked with. Both the company name and all characters names have been changed. In this piece I am experimenting with Gareth Morgan's 'Images of Organisations' approach. I will describe the organisation in...

chriscurnow.com could be: a collection of rich narrative accounts of organisational life stories about consulting a plea for real education my search for a new language of sexuality some place we can speak the word 'love' without recrimination about promoting...

There is hardly a more deeply rooted in organisational tension than that of the relationship between men and women.A few years ago I did a Graduate Diploma in Business at RMIT. One of the chapters I wrote for my final paper focussed on one part of this theme. As I...

Australian Prime Minister, John Howard made a presentation to the Institue for Public Affairs last Wednesday night. We believe it was a missed opportunity. PM Howard likes to see the world purely in terms of right or wrong. This might be morally upright but it is not...