Ouch, I've Been Tagged .....
OK, when I started this blog I was determined to be really strict about only posting on stuff that is clearly and directly related to professional service firm strategy. But I'm going to make an exception tonight. Having been "tagged" by my great friend and Edge International colleague, Gerry Riskin, I figured that it would be rude to decline, and in any case it gives you a little more information about who Rob Millard really is, if you're interested. If not, by all means hit "next unread" on your aggregator.
Four Jobs I've had:
Soldier - Company commander, Transvaal Scottish Regiment, South African Army (Infantry)
Game Ranger - Etosha National Park, Namibia (can it be more than 20 years ago now?)
Bit part in a TV series "The Diggers" and in a beer commercial (free beer!!!) while a student
Professional Service Firm Consultant with Edge International
Four movies I can watch over and over:
Top Gun
Lord of the Rings (all 3)
Lawrence of Arabia
Ice Age (with my kids)
Four TV shows I love to watch:
Seldom watch TV but I guess ....
Sky News
JAG
CSI (Preferably Las Vegas)
Mythbusters
Four places I've been on vacation:
Disneyworld, Orlando
Blair Atholl, Scotland
Emerald Lake, Canada
Gerry Riskin's place in paradise, Anguilla, British West Indies
Four tunes that play through my head:
Summertime - George Gershwin (sung by almost anybody)
The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Hotel California - Eagles
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Four favorite dishes:
A well prepared filet steak, medium rare
Creme Brulee
Smoked Salmon, preferably in a salad
Fire-grilled bacon, eggs and sausage (and strong coffee) in the bushveld on a dry, icy cold winter morning
Four websites I visit daily:
Not as many blogs by RSS feed as Gerry's 300 - only about 90. But these stand out:
Rod Boothby's Innovation Creators
Ross Mayfield's Weblog
tomorrowtoday.biz
Damn Interesting
Four books I really love:
Again, difficult. I devour > 100 books a year, but I guess ...
The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman
Strategy Bites Back - Henry Mintzberg (he and I are definitely on the same wavelength)
All of the Asterix comic books (great brain tonic when feeling freaked - I enjoy them as much today as I did when I was 10)
The Heart Aroused - David Whyte
Four places I'd rather be:
Freeport, Bahamas
Anywhere besides Freeport where the sea is warm and the beaches white
The Kruger National Park, South Africa, especially Shingwedzi or Punda Maria (way up in the north, away from the tourist herds)
Any other true wilderness
Four bloggers I'm tagging:
Rod Boothby
Graeme Codrington
Ross Mayfield
Bruce MacEwen
Thanks Rob, I've been tagged http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2006/02/four_things.html
Rob: Thanks for the tag! Between you and David Maister (http://davidmaister.com/blog.php?id=40), I guess I don't have much choice....
cheers,
:Bruce