Leadership is asking more of us. More honesty. More courage. More willingness to sit with questions that do not have clean answers.
This week’s Five for Friday explores leadership, learning, belonging, and the future of work through five pieces that challenge conventional thinking and invite deeper reflection.
1️⃣ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Leadership by Keith Coats.
AI is changing the way we work. Organisations are changing too. Yet when Keith looked back through years of notes collected from conversations, books, and mentors, he found himself returning to the same three reminders. Make time to think. Be comfortable saying “I don’t know.” Learn to work with uncertainty instead of resisting it. Sometimes the ideas we need most aren’t new. They’re the ones we keep coming back to. Read Keith’s LinkedIn article here…
2️⃣ There isn’t one right way to lead learning.
Organisations invest significant time and money into learning, yet many still struggle to create lasting change. This article suggests the problem often isn’t the learning itself. It’s the assumption that one approach fits every organisation. Whether your priority is strengthening culture, encouraging fresh thinking, or bringing people together around a shared purpose, the way you lead learning should reflect what your organisation needs most. Full Harvard Business Review article by Gianpiero Petriglieri.
3️⃣ Leadership under pressure, in her own words, by Phuti Mogale.
Graeme recently shared this reflection from Phuti Mogale, former Head of School at Roedean. After months of silence, she reflects on leadership, vulnerability and the lessons that emerged from one of the most difficult periods of her career, giving readers a personal perspective on the human side of leadership. Read Graeme’s reflections and the full LinkedIn article in her own words.
4️⃣ Let’s Meet Under the Tree with Tebogo Maneli.
Earlier this month, Jude Foustlon returned to the Future Smart Parent podcast after a break, and it all started with a conference theme: “Let’s Meet Under the Tree.” Those five simple words led her to Tebogo Maneli, a history teacher and DEIBS practitioner, for a conversation about representation, language and what it means to truly belong. They talk about Indigenous Knowledge Systems, why language is one of the most underused tools of connection, and what it actually feels like to see yourself represented. Not intellectually. In your body. Have a listen to the full episode here.
5️⃣ AI Just Moved from the Cloud into Your Hands. Now What?
Dean van Leeuwen caught something most people missed in Jensen Huang’s latest announcement. The real story is not the chip. It is where AI is heading. Closer to you. Closer to the work. And that changes the question every senior leader should be asking right now: If intelligence is becoming infrastructure, what will you redesign first? Read Dean’s post here…
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