Thoughts on Leadership

The importance of the internal compass

The importance of the internal compass

“Our ambition should not be to win, then, but to play with our full effort. Our intention is not to be thanked or recognized, but to help and to do…

You don’t lead organisations. You lead people.

You don’t lead organisations. You lead people. Obvious, but so often forgotten. I know many CEOs who are at heart very human and humane, but feel a peer pressure especially…

Are you a mini-Boris? Am I? Are we all?

On climate, on social issues, on using business for good – are we all mini-Borises? Boris’s climate policies and plans (inasmuch as they exist) fall a long way short of…
Not quite “Don’t Look Up” – but not unlike it either

Not quite “Don’t Look Up” – but not unlike it either

I’ve often seen companies (and their teams) suffer unduly from something that was foreseen, planned for, but then not averted. So many “decisions” made but then not implemented. Captured eloquently…
Guaranteed business failure

Guaranteed business failure

You can absolutely do things guaranteed to make your business fail. But unfortunately, there aren’t things you can do which are guaranteed to make your business succeed. It is the…

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