The Churning

Tools for Leadership in Times of Change

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Category Archives: Inner Leadership

Seven steps to inner emotional leadership, of myself and others

Achieving our goals in uncertain times

Posted on November 15, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Special Forces

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 →

Posted in 5: Know Your Purpose & Values, Inner Leadership | Tagged Benchmarking, Rules of Engagement, Special Forces | Leave a reply

To be or not to be

Posted on November 14, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Hamlet, deciding whether to be or not to be

At the core of becoming antifragile in this time of rapid change is the ability to take good decisions, even when a situation is unclear or the outcome is difficult Continue Reading →

Posted in 4: Choose What's Best for You, Inner Leadership | Tagged Breaking Bad, Casablanca, Hamlet, Hero's Journey, Star Wars | Leave a reply

Finding new sources of inspiration

Posted on November 13, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Binoculars on the Empire State Building

After we have grounded ourselves and made clearer sense of the situation, the third step in using change to become stronger and more valuable is to find more options for how Continue Reading →

Posted in 3: Find the Opportunities, Inner Leadership | Tagged Candle, Ideation, Innovation, Inspiration, Lightbulb | Leave a reply

Two ways to make clearer sense of a changing world

Posted on November 12, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Swirling lines of red, green, and yellow

When so much is changing around us so fast, and the world no longer works the way it used to, it can be easy to misinterpret events. Add to this Continue Reading →

Posted in 2: Make Sense of the Situation, Inner Leadership | Tagged Intuition, Pattern Recognition, Patterns | Leave a reply

Becoming antifragile starts from within

Posted on November 11, 2025 by The Churning — 1 Comment ↓

Becoming antifragile is not just about coping with change. It’s about using change to become stronger and more valuable: clearer about who you are, what matters most to you, and Continue Reading →

Posted in 1: Centre, Ground, & Deepen, About/Introduction, Inner Leadership, Inner-Outer | Tagged Leadership, Management, Rooting | 1 Comment ↓

Create your own customised inspiration map

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Posted on November 9, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply

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 →

Posted in 7: Prepare for the Journey, Inner Leadership | Tagged Explorers, Inner-Outer, Map, Motivation, Source of the Nile, Speke | Leave a reply

An example of ‘Story’

Posted on November 8, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Old woman reading, by Rembrandt

In a time of change, the best way to get people to do something new is by inspiring them. And the best way to do that is with Story. We’ve Continue Reading →

Posted in 6: Create an Inspiring Vision, Inner Leadership | Leave a reply

How to find your purpose in life

Posted on November 7, 2025 by The Churning — 2 Comments ↓
Bullseye target with darts

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 make us more Continue Reading →

Posted in 5: Know Your Purpose & Values, Inner Leadership | Tagged Arnold M Patent, Good to Great, Hedgehog Concept, Isaiah Berlin, Jack Canfield, Jim Collins, Mark Twain | 2 Comments ↓

The story of the four frogs

Posted on November 6, 2025 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Frog

Here’s a simple question for you: On a hot sunny day, four frogs are sitting on a log. One decides to jump back into the cool refreshing water. How many Continue Reading →

Posted in 4: Choose What's Best for You, Inner Leadership | Leave a reply

“The wrong piano”: How the challenges we face can be an opportunity to create something extraordinary

Posted on November 5, 2025 by The Churning — 4 Comments ↓
Tim Harford telling the story of the wrong piano

When 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 a top Continue Reading →

Posted in 3: Find the Opportunities, Inner Leadership | Tagged Keith Jarrett, Köln (Cologne), Tim Harford | 4 Comments ↓

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Reviews:

— “An outstanding book. Inspirational and uplifting.”

— “My favourite book to turn to when I have a leadership dilemma.”

— “The inspiring manual to improve our ability to thrive in VUCA times.”

— “An essential shift in thinking: an ethical framework for business decision makers based on emotional maturity.”

— “Essential reading for any leader who wants to thrive in times of change.”

— “…should be on every change-maker’s bookshelf… rich… practical… detailed… clear… invaluable.”

— “It’s brilliant! I keep dipping into it and finding little pearls of wisdom.”

— “Refreshing and necessary. A personal development journey recommended for… today’s highly unpredictable world.”

— “An excellent guide to riding the waves of change and being stronger when faced with adversity.”

— “An outstanding book… A very valuable companion for those in search of meaning.”

— “Excellent, clear, pragmatic, practical, radical.”

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