Thoughts on Leadership

Leadership Just Got Harder in 2020… and we should welcome it

Leadership Just Got Harder in 2020… and we should welcome it

The table stakes on leadership just got higher in 2020. And that’s a good thing. We need to make impossible balances. Impossible because they won’t work for everyone. And more…
Leadership needs to be completely different for remote. Or does it?

Leadership needs to be completely different for remote. Or does it?

As much as leading is a responsibility and a privilege, it is an art and a craft. When you watch the best footballers play (RIP Diego), the ball looks like…

How much more do you need?

As much of Europe goes into the second lockdown, and the psychological, mortal and economic costs mount up, we congratulate or berate world leaders for responses they’ve made. We wait…

The weather is grey – work doesn’t need to be

“Joy. And pain. Like sunshine. And rain” Anyone old enough (or South London enough) to remember that from the 80s? It’s what we need right now. As second wave accelerates,…
If you can’t change the world, change yourself

If you can’t change the world, change yourself

Do we take offence, or do we change things? Or do we do both? There’s a lovely parable in Buddhist tradition. To walk in a world of thorns, we could…

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