The Ambidextrous Leader

People think differently. But how is it that entrepreneurs think differently? For, if we totally understood that — and could teach the approach — we should be able to develop more entrepreneurs. Here’s an ultra-quick briefing on what we know....

Too Smart To Fail

In Europe these days, a lot of people are talking about “too big to fail”. For example, Denmark’s biggest banks recently asked the government to tell them exactly how far it would go to bail them out of a financial crisis, if one occurred. An analogy...

Seven Great Quotes About Daring

Cecil Beaton, British artist [Wikipedia] Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. Luci Swindoll...

Seek To Learn, Learn to Seek

More than seven years ago, Peter Senge alerted us to the need for more learning organisations. To my mind, that need has grown enormously. Yet, the number one limitation I find to organisations becoming better at learning is that their leaders are not very adept at...

Look For Next In The Creative Economy

Don’t miss the thoughtful post by Steve Denning on Forbes.com, the one in which he speaks of “Leadership In The Three-Speed Economy”. It’s one of the best snapshots of “where we are” (in a global sense) in terms of business, society...