Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
A time of change might make our lives seem difficult but it also brings us opportunities. Understanding this comes in four stages. The first is to realise that it is Continue Reading →
It’s all very well talking about ‘purpose’ and ‘values’ but we all have deadlines to meet and bills to pay. Can we really live our lives with ‘purpose’ and ‘meaning’? Two Continue Reading →
More than a hundred years ago, Leo Tolstoy wrote: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Now this article in McKinsey Quarterly discusses how Continue Reading →
Every now and then it is important to reflect on the progress being made. Are we heading in the right direction? Are our key audiences understanding us in the ways we Continue Reading →
Some people believe that leaders need followers. We disagree. We believe that: True leaders create leaders, not followers. Why is this? When times are stable, aligning the organisation around the vision of Continue Reading →
A new Insight from Stanford Business School tells us something we probably already know: when it’s difficult to predict the outcome, people become more cautious. Researchers found that when faced with Continue Reading →
People sometimes ask why this book is called “The Churning”. There are three reasons. The first is because of the changes that are happening all around us, in technology, politics, Continue Reading →
Measurement is an important part of all our lives, both for defining our objectives and evaluating our progress towards them. Antifragility might be harder to measure than some other Continue Reading →
Becoming ‘antifragile’ is about more than just coping with change — it’s about using change to become stronger. That doesn’t happen overnight and it doesn’t happen in a single step. Continue Reading →
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was born to a relatively modest family, on a provincial island, far from the centres of power. But somehow he became one of the greatest military and political leaders Continue Reading →