Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
They say a diamond is just a piece of charcoal that has learned to handle pressure exceptionally well. This time of change is forcing us all to handle extra pressure. Continue Reading →
Before the great explorers of old set out on their journeys, they would always draw a map of the territory 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 →
For people who like to go a little deeper, this short talk by Alan Watts explores some of the philosophy behind The Churning’s approach to Inner Leadership and becoming antifragile. We are living Continue Reading →
A time of change can make our lives seem difficult. But it also brings us opportunities. We can understand this more deeply when we realise four things. The first is Continue Reading →
People often ask me why this book is called The Churning. I tell them there are three reasons. The first is the churning that is happening all around us: the Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs was an imperfect human being, just like the rest of us. And like all of us, he was never going to live forever. But during his short life Continue Reading →
This time of change that we are living through is calling on us to develop a new approach to leading ourselves and other people. When we do this, it will Continue Reading →
Measurement is an important part of all our lives, both for defining our objectives and for tracking our progress towards them. Creating inspiration and becoming antifragile might be more difficult Continue Reading →
We are living through a time of extraordinary change. And like the growth of Covid-19, the rate of that change is still accelerating. To live well through all these changes 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 →
Achieving our goals in a churning world requires a different set of skills from achieving the same goals in a stable environment. What are those skills and how can we Continue Reading →
At the core of becoming antifragile in this time of change is the ability to make good decisions, even when the situation is unclear and the outcome is difficult to Continue Reading →
After we have grounded ourselves and made clearer sense of the situation, our third step in becoming antifragile (able to use change to become stronger and more inspired) is to Continue Reading →
When so much change is happening so fast, and the world no longer works the way it used to, it can be easy to misinterpret events. Add to this the Continue Reading →
Becoming antifragile is not just about coping with change. It’s about using change to become a stronger, more inspired version of yourself: clearer about who you are, what matters most Continue Reading →
In a time of change, the best way to get people to do something new is by inspiring them. And the best way to achieve that is with Story. We’ve Continue Reading →
We’ve seen how knowing our life purpose will help us to succeed in a changing world. And we know that living in line with that purpose will also make us Continue Reading →
On a hot sunny day, four frogs are sitting on a log. One decides to jump back into the cool refreshing water. How many frogs are now sitting on the Continue Reading →