Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
In his bestselling book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell explains how we all make unconscious snap decisions. Sometimes we get them right, he says, and sometimes we Continue Reading →
A friend is going through the final stages of divorce. It’s not what she wanted, but after several years of trying every other route it is the only option remaining. Before Continue Reading →
On a day when British MPs decide to launch airstrikes in Syria, and America experiences not one but two mass shootings in one day it can seem as if the whole world is churning. But Continue Reading →
It is now four days since the attacks in Paris and, unless we were directly involved, our emotional reactions have had a chance to die down. We are living through the Continue Reading →
As EU and African leaders meet in Malta to discuss the refugee crisis, this video of recent events in Lesbos shows what no one else has thought of doing: making people laugh. Continue Reading →
Diwali is an ancient Hindu festival, the “Festival of Lights”. Preparations and rituals typically last for five days, centred around the third day, when people offer prayer rituals, or pujas, to Lakshmi, Continue Reading →
As thousands more refugees continue to enter and walk across Europe so the crisis deepens. But a crisis often contains an opportunity. It was the petri dishes that ‘failed’ which Continue Reading →
In this just-released video, Mark Zuckerberg gives his first speech in Mandarin Chinese. The topic he chose to talk about was ‘Changing the world’. His key message: the importance of knowing Continue Reading →
An inspiring story here from the South Side of Chicago, where a man bought a disused bank and turned it into “a stunning cultural centre.” In doing so he has partly recreated the world Continue Reading →
As publication of The Churning approaches I have been sent three versions on the cover to review. Here they are. I’d appreciate your feedback on which you prefer. Which book would you most want Continue Reading →