by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 14, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
I’m working in Finland this week for a leading business school and their client a food and wellness company, and came across Polar Bear Pitching, Finland’s take on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den. Imagine standing on a thick ice pack, you are shivering...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 14, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
“While Mr. Trump has left Europeans despairing about the trans-Atlantic relationship, lectures his fellow leaders about paying more for NATO and ignores their pleas not to pull out of the Paris climate accord, Mr. Obama appears on panels with allies to discuss...
by James Preston | Jun 13, 2017 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership, Organisational Development
Anne Watson, writing in the UK’s Management Today newspaper, suggested yesterday that five new executive functions will soon find their way onto the Boards and Executive teams of large organisations. I agree and would add a sixth. CHIEF AUTOMATION OFFICER (CAO)...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 13, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
“Perspective is what enables each of us to transform the sum of our days into an epic journey. And it’s what improves our chances of together making the twenty-first century humanity’s best.” says Ian Goldin, ex-professor of global development at Oxford University,...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 8, 2017 | Archive, Change, Leadership
We used to think big and have grand visions. It wasn’t that long ago that high-risk, big dream projects were the norm. In the 60’s and 70’s the Apollo programme brought humanity together and Project Mohole, an ambitious attempt to drill to the centre of the earth,...
by Keith Coats | Jun 8, 2017 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Leadership
Margaret Wheatley has said that leadership is the simple act of stepping forward. Leading in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world – or what is commonly referred to as ‘VUCA’ requires a leadership response, unlike anything we have known in...
