Mixed bag

Lots of links I want to write about, but with no common theme but that I want to write about it....

Marshall Goldsmith, one of the management gurus, has created a website where he's put a lot of his articles that have appeared in Fastcompany and Leadership Excellence. I think he's got a lot of sensible things to say (a lot of open doors, but I think there's a certain knack to kick open open doors succesfully) and I find it very interesting that he's a practicing buddhist.

As I previously mentioned, LBS students can use the rooms at LBS in summer whilst looking for a permanent place to live. The EMBA's who normally occupy the rooms aren't around then, so MBA's can use 'em. Very handy I must say. However, for those of you who are not LBS students, there is a way to spend a relatively cheap stay in London by using the university accomodation that is not used in summer. If you go to this website, there's a whole list of options, and the best thing is: you don't have to be a student to stay there!

After reading Jack Welch's autobiography (see sidebar), I read with interest this interview in Fastcompany with Jeff Immelt, Jack's successor at GE.

Tate Modern, the immensely popular modern art museum in London, is featuring a new exhibition specifically aimed at blind people called 'Raised Awareness'. The Times has written an article on it, too. Many years ago I had the pleasure of accompanying a blind friend to a sculpture exhibition and the way she 'looked' at things completely opened my eyes to a whole new way of experiencing art. The exhibition at the Tate runs to 30 September, so I'll try and catch when I'm in London. The Victoria and Albert also has an exhbition on which is called 'Touch Me', fusing design and sensation.

I think that's about it. The countdown has started in earnest now: in a week's time from now I'll be officially unemployed. I'm still coming to grips with that idea, although it's pretty exciting too. I won't have a car at my disposal for the first time in 5 years which'll be odd. I won't be expected anywhere for two weeks. Strange....