What about the Fourth Human Revolution? Look at any current business trends reports and we are quickly taken to various forms of ‘fourth…revolutions’. They may be industrial, digital, global but very few refer to the fourth human revolution. In fact, many that I’ve read leave the human factor as an effect to be managed –Read more
Welcoming the unexpected Life is full of the unexpected from the smallest gesture to the largest events on a global scale. A smile from a stranger during our morning commute to a substantial anonymous donation that helps a community in need. Often though we miss the importance of these unexpected events and the ability theyRead more
Empathy…the gateway to compassionate leadership I’m sure you’ve seen the one about the nail…well it’s actually called ’it’s not about the nail’ and depicts a man listening to a woman as she describes the pain she’s feeling in her head – I won’t spoil it for you if you haven’t seen it but it’s aRead more
Upping our feminine in leadership When Professor Henry Higgins, one of the central characters in the film My Fair Lady, mused forcibly to his chum Colonel Pickering ‘why can’t a woman be more like a man?’ he was perhaps articulating an attitude that has underpinned the leadership mind-set and mode for many years. And heRead more
Unlearning to lead better Life is habit forming – some good, some less so. And it’s irrelevant what stage we’re at in life beyond very early childhood. Or how high we rise in conventional terms. Chances are we’ll be hauling a raft of metaphorical matching luggage with us wherever we go. As leaders some habitsRead more
Listening beyond the noise Each day we are faced with a cacophony of stimuli – visual, aural, olfactory – to which we sometimes respond positively, feeling energised and inspired, and at other times, seek to avoid in search of peace and quiet. One of the challenges in our current times is the sheer level ofRead more
A new relationship with power ‘Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darknessRead more
Trees and a metaphor for leadership I was privileged to spend last week close up to nature at an estate in Scotland. The landscape was all the more majestic for the number of magnificent trees in residence. Looking at them in their beauty and solidity something tweaked in my thoughts. Aren’t trees a metaphor forRead more