Leadership has traditional sources of learning, reflection, role modelling and a ‘body of knowledge’. There are four that dominate. This […]
Powerful oversimplifications’ was the term used by Bruce Henderson, founder of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to define the matrixes, […]
The language of leadership is often plain and monotone. Used to explain slides and with a screen behind, leadership language […]
My revised 12 rules of social change at a scale. These very simple laws apply to any large scale change […]
We need teaming up, but we may not need more teams. We need role-modelling but may not need to call […]
On one side, taxes are good, big government, social welfare, fighting for social justice and social mobility, human rights, women […]
What is authenticity? For starters, a very nice word. One of these that we love to attach as a command: […]
Don’t look at us, at the leadership at the top. We are the wrong mirror. Of course, we are committed […]
The full quote: ‘Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to […]
It’s a typical saying in US politics and I suspect in many other places. It’s a powerful thought. Every day […]
Deprogramming is a form of management detox. We navigate and work in organizations with a great deal of automatic pilot […]
Do you understand the strategy? Yes Can you see why we need to change, to do anything? Yes Do you […]
Semi connected reflections: [1] We talk a lot, email a lot, reply a lot, post a lot, say ‘I agree […]
‘Smoking kills’, or ‘Don’t Drink and Drive’ or ‘Get the Flu Vaccine’ are wonderful attempts to warn your fellow citizens […]
Also called get out of the room and don’t interfere. Also asking the question ‘may I be, perhaps, actually, the […]
Our thinking is far from rational. What’s new? Perhaps ‘making a rational decision’ should be reframed as ‘making a decision […]
One of my favourite sets of Team Rules. Real life. Not invented. One of my best clients. Always curious No […]
Take a look at these 5 re-frames. You should see the differences not just the simple literary ones but the […]
And old sticker said This is a situation in which I find myself very often: Several corporate groups agree (vocally, […]
In October 2013, a ship carrying migrants sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. 300 people drowned. As The Guardian journalist Kenan […]
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