Live like you’re Doctor Who
When I was nineteen I took my youngest brother out rowing on a nearby boating lake. He was only six years old and as I paddled us both across the Continue Reading →
Why we need a new approach to leadership in times of change
We are living through a time of unprecedented global change — in technology, politics, society, the economy, and of course in the environment. Ten years ago these changes were barely Continue Reading →
The three stages of transition
Every significant change in our life is accompanied by a psychological and emotional transition. Some of these are small, others large. And when so much of our world is changing Continue Reading →
A recipe for creating inspiration during times of change
If you want to create something new in a time of change, your first task is to inspire yourself and other people to long to make it happen: As the Continue Reading →
You will never reach your destination if…
Winston Churchill famously said that: “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 Continue Reading →
Choosing your own destiny
The word ‘destiny’ means different things to different people. So as part of our journey towards becoming antifragile, it is important to be clear about the meaning we are using Continue Reading →
Opportunities and threats do not exist
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 →
You can’t just manage your way through change, you have to lead yourself
The brains of our ancestors evolved to notice change because, for them, change might mean three things: food, sex, or death. But when the whole world is changing at once, Continue Reading →
Put on your own oxygen mask first…
Whenever we travel by plane, every pre-flight safety check tells us exactly the same thing: “In the event of an emergency… … put on your own oxygen mask, secure it, Continue Reading →
What does ‘antifragile’ mean?
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We are living through a time of extraordinary change. And like the growth of Covid-19, the rate of that change is still accelerating. To live well through all these changes Continue Reading →