Live like you’re Doctor Who
When I was nineteen years old I took my youngest brother rowing on a nearby boating lake. He was only six years old and as I rowed us both across Continue Reading →
Why we need a new approach to leadership in times of change
We are living through a time of unprecedented global change — in technology, politics, society, the economy, and of course in the environment. Ten years ago these changes were barely Continue Reading →
The three stages of transition
Every significant change in our life is accompanied by a psychological and emotional transition. Some of these are small, others large. And when so much change is happening so fast, Continue Reading →
A recipe for creating inspiration in times of change
If you want to create something new in this time of change, your first priority is to inspire yourself and others to long to make it happen: As the poet Continue Reading →
You will never reach your destination if…
Sir Winston Churchill famously said: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” This time of global change is bringing us Continue Reading →
Opportunities and threats do not exist
When I was still fairly fresh out of business school I was asked to prepare a strategic business plan for a $500m pan-European information technology services company. The industry at Continue Reading →
You can’t just Manage your way through change, you have to Lead yourself through change
The brains of our ancestors evolved to notice change because, for them, change might mean one of three things: food, sex, or death. And when the whole world is changing, Continue Reading →
Put on your own oxygen mask first…
Whenever we travel by plane, every pre-flight safety check tells us exactly the same thing — in the event of an emergency: “… put on your own oxygen mask, secure Continue Reading →
What does ‘antifragile’ mean?
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We are living through a time of extraordinary change. And like the growth of Covid-19, the rate of that change is still accelerating. If we want to navigate this time Continue Reading →
Why transitions matter more than changes
We are living through a time of extraordinary change. And every major change we live through is accompanied by a psychological or emotional transition. These are different from changes in several important Continue Reading →