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BarCamp Sydney in retrospect

In spite of having to stay in online contact with work last Saturday I still made it to BarCamp # 5 in Sydney. It was a great day and the new venue - the Australian Technology Park Innovation Centre - was ideal (if slightly chilly in the Atrium). Again I am struck by

BarCampSydney5

Do not forget that BarCampSydney5 (#bcs5), the recession edition, is on Saturday 27 June 2009. The BarCamp motto is: No spectators, only participants. According to Jodie Miners, one of the un-organisers, there's over 170 people registered to attend, lots of great sponsors and a great new venue.

BarCampSydney5

Do not forget that BarCampSydney5 (#bcs5), the recession edition, is on Saturday 27 June 2009. The BarCamp motto is: No spectators, only participants. According to Jodie Miners, one of the un-organisers, there's over 170 people registered to attend, lots of great sponsors and a great new venue.

Too much passion in business?

We are often exhorted to be passionate about things, especially at work. But I'm not sure that is really what we need in the modern workplace. Passion has become a synonym for other words that are potentially more accurate. Passion is a very excitable emotion. It narrows the

Collaboration, collective creation & getting things done

With their un-organised approach to management and decision making Quakers are the poster children for collaboration, collective creation and getting things done. Quakers do not have a formal hierarchy and have no single person in control of their society. It is an approach to getting things done that aligns

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