Other Interests: pursuing your passion

The next best result: Italy wins World Cup soccer

I think Australians will be pleased that the team that knocked Australia out in the second round has won the tournament. Congratulations Italy.

Are you obsessed by personal productivity tools?

Listen to It's just a cup from 43 folders.

Law and war

There are limits to what can be done in justification of a war.

The US Supreme Court in Hamdan v Rumsfeld has found that the military commission established by the President to try prisoners at Guantanamo Bay was unlawful.

Climate change

The issue seems to be straightforward: we are creating too much carbon dioxide.

In The Threat to the Planet in the New York Review of Books, Jim Hansen summarises the issues in the climate change debate.

More info: The BBC Climate Change site.

Resilience as a leadership quality

Most leaders and managers wouldn't identify resilience as a key quality for their role. Some might call it determination, a thick skin, self-confidence but whatever you call it you recognise it when you hear the personal stories of people who have succeeded.

Leadership lessons from survivors from Wharton (also available to download in audio) tells 2 stories of dealing with challenges and adversity. Worth reading.