In boardrooms, governments, and public institutions, a quiet crisis is unfolding: leaders are burning out, being fired, or walking away- often within just a few months of taking the helm. From high-profile CEO exits to political resignations, the pattern is becoming too frequent to ignore. It raises a provocative question: …
‘The Lie of Leadership’: Are Leaders No Longer Up to the Job? Read More »
My wife was watching the latest TV show, ‘The Forsytes’, where the wealthy family hosts a Ball. It got me thinking for it reminded me of the Duke of Wellington who when asked to explain a battle said that trying to understand what happened in a battle was like trying …
Dancing with the Wrong Partner: Why Collaboration Often Fails Read More »
The Sunday Times of last weekend (30th July, 2023) carried an article that posed the question of ‘Why is Britain so Poor?’ With pictures of coins, primarily one penny coins to emphasise the point, the article looks at the country through an economic lens with accompanying statistics that portrays a …
‘In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed’[1] Charles Darwin Last week the global elite of wealthy investors, business leaders, bankers, political leaders, economists, and celebrities gathered at the annual conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF) …
