… Leadership Lessons from the Military

Harvard Business Review features this title as it cover story for the November 2010 issue. A sad indictment that it has taken me 12 months to get around to writing about it – but better late than never. There are three articles from this issue that I wanted to draw your attention to – each [...]

… fighting the last war

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Lessons from American Civil War

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Lessons from American Civil WarThis week will feature posts with a military theme, or perhaps better stated as what risk/BC can learn from military experience. This post is also the second is a series on learnings from the American Civil War – inspired by my [...]

… education week

The past week has been “Education Week” here – has been a common theme with several of my activities and posts for the week; The Cynefin Seminar with Dave Snowden on Tuesday The announcement that I am speaking at DRJ Spring World next year Plus I finished booking to attend the Organisational Resilience Program at [...]

… Spring break in Autumn

I am pleased to announce that I will be presenting a paper at DRJ’s Spring World, March 2012 in Orlando, Florida. I have never been to this conference, so thought I would give it a try – and it was unfair to have been critical of something about which I have no direct knowledge. Other [...]

… Cognitive Complexity

I thoroughly enjoyed the Cynefin Seminar yesterday. As we say in Australia, “Do yourself a favor” – click through to that link and see if it is scheduled in your area soon. Dave Snowden will challenge you to think about things differently, and has a remarkable capacity to entertain while doing it. Not surprising, I [...]