Hi there and thanks for reading my past posts! I've finally gotten the "wordpress thang" goin' so all future posts will be at time.eelhost.com and we'll eventually get all the links updated to directly refer there.

Here's a boost to my friends in Reykjavík, so they can make the news for something other than volcanoes. The "Althing" was a unique super-chamber-of-commerce that governed Iceland for nearly 300 years. It provides timeless lessons about holding the power of bureaucrats in check, more valid these days than ever!

In one of the most layered and engaging comics I've enjoyed in some time, this past Sunday's "Over the Hedge" features Hammy taking a bite of sunshine. To anyone involved in innovation efforts, the side comments are all too familiar...

By engaging new hires in their strength, which is their fresh perspective, we transform the path through the landscape, rather than trying to transform the landscape itself. Ask yourself which is cheaper, faster and easier: buying a four-wheeler and making a new path, or engineering a superhighway.

David Billington's excellent history of a slice of technology, frames the technical process of building functional structures as a way to understand the societies that use them.

Finally getting around to putting thoughts together on the capacity concept. I'm convinced we need to have a three-tiered structure with increasing levels of detail. The theme I'm going to drive through this collection of articles is that capacity and scalability are peas in a pod or brothers in arms. You have to have capacity to scale and scalability allows you to make use of your investment in building capacity.

In a twist on the usual technophilia, starting off 2010 with a profound commitment to "treasure people and exploit tools" will dramatically enhance the results you achieve.

Systems thinking impacts safety across all fields, yet in this 2009 legislative session, many are missing the entire forest, not just the trees. There is safety in numbers (pardon the pun) only if those numbers are real, evidence-based and actionable.

If we're really going to expand our thinking, some of the most basic concepts - and those that seem to be most precious to consultants - need revisiting.