Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
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 →
This time of churning is bound to bring us challenges. Sometimes, in frustration, we might wish that they would go away. But in our work, the challenges we face are Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs was an imperfect human being like the rest of us. But during his short life he managed to achieve more of the things that mattered most to him Continue Reading →
Benjamin Franklin was a successful inventor, printer, author, scientist, postmaster, humorist, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, and politician. He was also a Founding Father of the United States. But like the Continue Reading →
Ten years ago the challenges you face today would probably not have arisen for you: you were likely in a different role and you probably didn’t have the skills or experience Continue Reading →