Listen to your inner voice — Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs told us “Don’t let the opinions of others drown out your inner voice.” But how can we achieve this when everything around us is churning, and our inner Continue Reading →
Get happy to become successful, not the other way around
Many of us tend to think that if we become successful, then we’ll become successful. But Harvard psychologist Shawn Anchor tells us that “Ninety per cent of your long term happiness Continue Reading →
The Escher Cycle and Jungian psychology
This post on The Escher Cycle briefly explains the four fundamental Jungian archetypes uncovered by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette, and then shows how these can help us to reinterpret leadership, and Continue Reading →
Benefits of The Churning
I am currently working through the first draft of my second book, The Churning, polishing the chapters ready for publication. As I reach chapter four of the seven chapters on inner leadership Continue Reading →
Analysing the building blocks of Hillary Clinton’s vision
Chapter 6 of The Churning defines the seven building blocks that it takes to create an inspiring vision. With the launch of Hillary Clinton’s run for the White House it seemed Continue Reading →
Four ways of approaching obstacles
One of the things I enjoy about taking time out to write a book is that I get to reflect on a wide variety of experiences, collect them together, and structure them Continue Reading →
Working out what you want
In the Harvard Business Review, professor Robert Steven Kaplan identifies two sets of tools for getting clear on what you are professionally passionate about. The Churning includes versions of both Continue Reading →
Talking the walk
An article in the Harvard Business Review gives an example of how important it is for leaders to “talk the walk” as well as “walking the talk”. In The Churning’s inner leadership, Continue Reading →
Wanted: flexible corporate strategies for fast times
Writing in the Financial Times this week, Andrew Hill says that “People often think business is about strategy but it’s actually one part strategy and nine parts execution.” Leaders managing in Continue Reading →
Adding new senses
The universe runs from the scale of tiny particles to entire galaxies, but we only see and make sense of the things from a few millimetres to perhaps a few kilometres. More Continue Reading →