A favourite quote of mine is Buckminster Fuller’s, “You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.” I’ve been looking for a way to implement this philosophy into my work. I spent some time with overseas intelligence officers last year, teaching leadership. For … Continue reading From Mercenaries to Missionaries
SOAR to Success Thinking! Make having brilliant ideas easy
Our normal day to day working life or even just life itself can leave us feeling mentally confused. When we find ourselves so caught up in the whirlwind we often cannot see the wood for the trees. In this fast-moving mental state, our brains are very capable at using past experiences to make a decision. … Continue reading SOAR to Success Thinking! Make having brilliant ideas easy
LEADERSHIP: Are you carrying or influencing your organisation?
When I ask business owners the above question, they’ll often ask me what I mean. So I qualify the question with another one. I ask them: “Could you go on holiday for four weeks, have no contact with your team whilst you’re away and know that the organisation can still thrive?” Mostly the answer is … Continue reading LEADERSHIP: Are you carrying or influencing your organisation?
RESILIENCE… Oxford’s word of the year for 2017?
The Oxford English dictionary announced after much discussion and research, that the word of the Year for 2016 was post-truth. It described post-truth as an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’. The word post-truth has … Continue reading RESILIENCE… Oxford’s word of the year for 2017?
Developing Creative Brilliance in your Team (Part 1)
Introduction The story goes that Einstein was daydreaming about travelling on rays of light and this led to his famous theory of relativity. But you don’t find many leaders asking their team to daydream. Leadership that unlocks the creative potential of a team requires some courage. It’s easier, one could argue, for giants such as … Continue reading Developing Creative Brilliance in your Team (Part 1)
Make Better Decisions with Universal Intelligence
So imagine these scenarios. A group of Bankers are sat in an office and they are wondering how to extract more money from the public so they can all claim bigger bonuses. So they come up with what they believe is an ingenious solution. They wrap up some dodgy debts into some triple ‘A’ packaging. … Continue reading Make Better Decisions with Universal Intelligence
Paradigm Shifting to Success
“The biggest paradigm shifts happening right now are ironically the increasing awareness of the existence of paradigms…” In his Book ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolution’, Thomas Kuhn wrote that advancement was not evolutionary but rather a “series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions” when “one conceptual worldview is replaced by another”. These … Continue reading Paradigm Shifting to Success
Overcoming the Leader Wall
Watching the Olympics, I’m reminded of the fact I should go out and do more exercise. At the moment I resemble the couch potato character ‘Denis’ played by Simon Pegg, in the movie ‘Run Fatboy Run’. In the movie Denis attempts to prove to the girl he jilted at the alter, that he can … Continue reading Overcoming the Leader Wall
