Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
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 →
We know that in a time of change there are no opportunities or threats: there is only what happens and how we choose to respond. This means that the key Continue Reading →
When George de Mestral returned from a walk one day to find his clothes and dog covered in burrs, he didn’t just remove them: he looked more closely to find Continue Reading →
In a churning world, no-one knows what is going to happen next. A fire or flood might devastate a town. A computer program might pass the entrance exams for some Continue Reading →
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 many Continue Reading →
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 →
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 the pianist Keith Jarrett arrived at the Cologne / Köln opera house in 1975 he found that the wrong piano had been put on stage for him. Instead of Continue Reading →
More than a century ago, Sigmund Freud discovered how memories of bad things that happen during our childhoods can sometimes return to haunt us, messing up our lives. But for Continue Reading →
A time of change is almost bound to bring us unwanted emotions such as anger, frustration, sadness, or fear. When this happens, our first response can often be to want Continue Reading →