Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
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 →
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 →
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 →
On this anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, a reminder that any challenge can seem impossible, right up until the moment when it is finished. When we look from the outside at Continue Reading →
Peter Drucker, the first and probably the greatest management guru, made a major contribution to defining the modern corporation. He also gave his view on what it is to be Continue Reading →
Peter Drucker was the first and probably the greatest management guru. The first of his 39 books was published in 1939 and the last in 2008, three years after his death. His work Continue Reading →
The first rule of modern screenwriting is to “Show not tell.” What writers used to do when they wanted to give an audience background information about a character was to set Continue Reading →
In the natural world, the path to fulfilment of an organism’s potential often involves the disruption of what was there before. A seed cannot grow without cracking open. A caterpillar Continue Reading →