Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
We are living through a time of extraordinary change. And like the exponential growth of Covid-19, the rate of change is accelerating. Each change on its own is unpredictable. But Continue Reading →
They say a diamond is just a piece of charcoal that has learned to handle stress exceptionally well. The Churning, Inner Leadership is a book that shows us how we, Continue Reading →
Before the great explorers of old set out on their journeys they would always draw a map of the territories they were about to enter: where was the food and Continue Reading →
In his book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, historian Yuval Noah Harari talks about the coming disruptions in technology, politics, religion, immigration, terrorism, and war. He says that so much Continue Reading →
In the short time since Inner Leadership was first published we have seen many unexpected changes: North Korea has emerged as a long range nuclear power (and then offered to give up Continue Reading →
Once we have found the ten types of opportunity that exist in any situation, our next task is to choose between them. Peter Drucker was a hugely influential author and consultant Continue Reading →
When George de Mestral returned from a walk one day to find his clothes and his dog covered in burrs he didn’t just remove them, he looked closely at how Continue Reading →
When Dee Hock founded the Visa credit card he created a new type of organisation structure. He called it chaordic: a mixture of chaos and order that has proved to be extremely successful. Continue Reading →
In a changing world it is often not the physical changes we find difficult but rather the psychological or emotional letting go of the way the world used to be and Continue Reading →
In this time of change, your ability to create inspiration will draw people to you, motivate them to stay, and encourage them to deliver better results. There is no one Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs was an imperfect human being, just like the rest of us. And he was never going to live forever, like the rest of us. But during his short life Continue Reading →
Sometimes we are happy with the lives that we are living. At other times we feel dissatisfied but we don’t quite know why. The reason for this dissatisfaction is our Continue Reading →
There was once a farmer in ancient China who owned a horse. “You are so lucky!” his neighbours told him, “to have a horse to pull the cart for you!” Continue Reading →
In his bestselling book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell describes how we all make assumptions, all the time. Sometimes we get them right, he says. And sometimes we Continue Reading →
The starting point, and the ending point, of becoming antifragile are the same thing: the ability to come to present-moment awareness. Present-moment awareness means being focused on what is actually Continue Reading →