Ten hours to LAX, twelve hours to Auckland and waiting for two hours to Dunedin but it was all worth it for the walk from the International to the Domestic terminal in Auckland. It is one of my favorite walks... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

A frantic few days, getting ready to fly out to New Zealand tomorrow. I never get used to the date line; you either loose a whole day, or you have to work the same day twice! This morning I gave... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

In contrast we have a pretty outstanding content editor who is very poor at playing the game and has fallen foul of some key editors in consequence. ... Current attempts to get him readmitted are resulting in a split between those editors (the good guys) who feel that high quality content is worth putting up with some behaviour issues, and those (the misguided and mostly well intentioned) who regard any breech of the rules as grounds for exclusion. Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I was reading up on Rousseau this evening. My daughter is home for a week of intensive revision for her first year exams in Anthropology and Philosophy. Like her father she has left it all to the last minute and... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

While the word tree can not realistically be used to describe a pig or a house, but we do have a problem when words start to take on specialised meaning. You see a lot of that with the words complex... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I'm looking forward to my impending four week tour of New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. A mixture of meetings, project work, a couple of rugby matches and a series of one day seminars all make for a rich mix. As... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

Many years ago I read Max Boist's Knowledge Assets and came across his I-Space model which inspired an early version of the Cynefin framework. I have always acknowledged the debt, but at no stage laid any claim to Boisot's original... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

Ok we are all in favour of transparency, but we are in danger of forgetting about the power of discretion. The UK just published the salaries of all Civil Servants earning more than the prime minister, all government expenditure has... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I've never really understood why anyone gets taken in by arguments along the lines of "get the individuals right and society will work itself out". Ok it was the basic of classic liberalism and aspects of social contract theory but... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

2,000 Blues supporters made the trip, 48,000 from Toulon but we were singing hymns and arias and we won! Normal blogging will hopefully resume tomorrow.... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

Entering the smog of Los Angeles... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com