Six posts that caught my eye

Prompted by my Google Reader unread count getting upto 4,000 posts I've spent a happy hour or two skimmimg through the blogosphere. Here are 6 posts that caught my eye. Hope you enjoy.

1. Worried that your ageing brain is making you look a bit pedestrian? Brain-based Business has some tips to stop your brain getting old and tired.
2. Curious about what Obama's victory might mean for healthcare in the States? The Health Wonk Review has a good selection of views from policy wonk types.
3. Are you frustrated about how busy colleagues don't give your ideas enough attention? Thinking Faster has 7 ideas that may help. The end of "NHS time" perhaps?
4. George Ambler, in the excellent The Practive of Leadership shares six skills for effective active listening that has come out of the Centre for Creative Leadership. See the list here. (Incidently, the CfCL is one of the sites in my recommended website list on my consulting site. See the full list here).
5. John Halamka, Dean for Technology at Harvard Medical School has posted an analysis of his Genome on his Life as a Healthcare CIO blog. perhaps you'd prefer not to know?
6. Finally, Michael Porter's 5 Forces model became a 'must use' strategy tool when first published in 1979. Rob Millard, on his Adventure of Strategy blog, has posted a link to a 12 minute video of Mr Porter talking about the continuing relevance of the model for today's strategy challenges. Well woth a look.