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June 19th, 2014

‘When the sea was calm, all boats alike; showed mastership in floating’

This is scene one of ‘The Tragedy of Coriolanus’ by William Shakespeare. It says a lot to us. It’s easy […]
June 18th, 2014

In need of Netflix irrational logic

The American version of the British ‘House of Cards’ (book, then TV series), is a fine piece of art. Kevin  […]
June 17th, 2014

Gene and Tony are coming next week

If you work in a corporation with headquarters and affiliates, or scattered in may places, or with international sites, you […]
June 16th, 2014

Let’s elevate the confusion to a higher level

There are times when you get stuck in arguments.  Discussions seem to go nowhere. You are running in circles and […]
June 15th, 2014

Could the ‘global teenager’ teach us about ‘global leadership’?

Today, there are more similarities between a teenager in Shanghai and a teenager in Rome, or Singapore and Madrid, or […]
June 14th, 2014

Purpose is the new Black (and Solidarity is a building block)

A combination of wisdom, moral compass and social doctrine from the Catholic Church, scattered through a series of documents over […]
June 13th, 2014

‘Bed in ten minutes, you can play till then’, versus ‘You have ten more minutes to play before bed’.

A little booklet on Behavioural Economics for kids gives this wonderful example on how the same ten minutes can be […]
June 12th, 2014

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand”

These were, Milton Friedman’s (1912-2006), Nobel Prize winner in Economics, unkind words about governments. The leader of the Chicago School […]
June 11th, 2014

For leadership, look around, not in research papers

Leadership has traditional sources of learning, reflection, role modelling and a ‘body of knowledge’. There are four that dominate. This […]
June 10th, 2014

Gandhi’s concept of Western Civilization

Interrogated by a journalist: ‘Mr Gandhi, what do you think of Western civilization?’, Mr Gandhi answered:  ‘I think that it […]
June 9th, 2014

Initiative fatigue, leading to exhaustion , leading to switching off.

Many organizations seem to run layers of parallel initiatives, all directed at noble goals, and in many cases, without talking […]
June 8th, 2014

‘God, make me chaste, but not yet’

Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine in the Christian world, was very clear with his plea. He had a good idea […]
June 7th, 2014

The great ‘How to’ takeover

There is a period in child development when children start asking the question ’why?’. They usually seem unsatisfied with one […]
June 6th, 2014

We are not resistant to change

I was reminded, by a recent newspaper article, that Michelle Obama was born into the Chicago of the 1960’s where […]
June 5th, 2014

This company will reboot itself from Friday to Saturday. Apologies, services will be limited during this period.

I like the concept of reinvention, renewal, or transformation. But I like most the concept of rebooting! Organizations, teams, groups, […]
June 4th, 2014

Don’t fight an epidemic of bad things. Create a counter-epidemic of good ones.

When you have reached epidemic levels of a negative thing, fighting the epidemic from within is futile. You need to […]
June 3rd, 2014

Authentically disruptive

Pope Francis has introduced disruption. The head of the 1.2 billion Catholic Church lives in a one bedroom apart-hotel, produces […]
June 2nd, 2014

The ultimate form of Employee Engagement is a Company of Volunteers

I was told, many years ago, by somebody very close to the old Microsoft management, in Bill Gates times, that […]
June 1st, 2014

‘You don’t have to attend every argument to which you are invited’

This quote is from an unknown author. He or she must have known a thing or two about the futility […]
May 31st, 2014

List your competitors, then, compare yourself with somebody not on that list

I know this is not how it is supposed to work. But nothing about how things are supposed to work […]