Listen to this great BBC programme where “Carolyn Quinn, BBC Radio 4, looks under the bonnet of leadership in this two-part series, from business to politics and sport.
What traits do you need to become a great leader? Is leadership ‘in the blood’ or can you train people to develop the right skills?
Ming Campbell and Michael Howard reflect on their time as political leaders. Both suffered perception problems during their time at the top, from jibes about their age and looks. Developing a thick skin, they say, is the key.
Dragon’s Den investor Deborah Meaden describes herself as a ‘born entrepreneur’. What does she think makes a good leader?
Plato began the study of leadership in 350 BC. Since then, …
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Tags: Johanne Eriksen, leadership, Leadership development
I have read an interesting article from Harvard Business Review written by Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg, one of my favorite authors when it comes to business and management. The article is about successful managers who think their way through their jobs, using five different mind-sets that allow them to deal adeptly with the world around them:
An analytical mind-set ensures that you make decisions based on in-depth data–both quantitative and qualitative.
A worldly mind-set provides you with cultural and social insights essential to operating in diverse regions, serving varied customer segments.
A collaborative mind-set enables you to orchestrate relationships among individuals and teams producing your products and services.
An action mind-set energizes you to create and expedite the best plans for achieving your strategic …
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Tags: leadership, manager, mental models, mind-set, Åsa Dourén
“And the winner of the award Facilitator of the Year 2011 in the category Leadership, Communication and HR is…
…Kasper Arentoft.”
This was the second year in a row that Kasper Arentoft was nominated for the Confex award in Denmark.
Confex is leading provider of open programs in executive development in Scandinavia and delivers over 300 programmes for over 15000 participants yearly.
PlanB’s open programs in Danmark are offered through Confex.
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Tags: News
Michell Zappa is a London-based technologist and designer originally from Stockholm, who has spent part of his life in São Paulo and Amsterdam. He holds a BA in Social Communication and has worked for advertising agencies and the trend forecasting bureau trendwatching.com.
His interest lies in thinking about the future of technology and how society adapts to its rapid change. Envisioning Technology is a framework for visualizing the future of technology, attempting to demonstrate for different areas of research cluster — and speculating about when said technologies are bound to become mainstream.
Mick Cordero
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Tags: Business Intelligence, Mick Cordero, omvärld, SPANING, technoogy
Experience Simon Sinek when he explains how The Why plays a critical role not only as sensemaking in the workplace but also in connection to your brand and in communication with customers.
Henrik Challis
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Tags: Burning platform, change management, Henrik Challis, Purpose, The Why
Multiculturalism, increasing complexity, emerging social technology and increased corporate social responsibility creates new demands on leadership. Listen to Professor Edgar Schein when he explains how the leader of the future must master the art of helping.
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Tags: Edgar Schein, Proces consultant program, Process Consultant, processkonsult, processleader, Processledare
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, the majority of the society will always adopt their belief. The findings were published in the July 22, 2011, online edition of the journal Physical Review E in an article titled “Social consensus through the influence of committed minorities.”
“When the number of committed opinion holders is under 10 percent, there is no progress in the spread of ideas throughout the system. ”It would literally take the amount of time comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the majority,” said SCNARC Director Boleslaw Szymanski, the Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor at Rensselaer. “Once that number …
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Tags: Change, Change Agents, Change communication, change management, Change process
Change is a fact of life. In companies, it is a natural response to competition and shifts in the socio-economic environment and a route to gaining advantage and building business performance proactively. But, for change to be successful, managers need to ensure that employees both understand and support it.
Employees, on the other hand, have to actively seek information and contribute to a constructive dialogue on change implementation.
Change in companies happens when people choose to change behaviour and stick to this new behaviour until it is really implemented. Change communication is about motivating people to want and embrace the change. At the heart of change communication is the ability to motivate leaders and employees to engage in change management.
Badly planned and …
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Tags: Change, Change communication, change management, Change process
The Arab Spring is an amazing example of emergence in the process of change. This speech given by Riyaad Minty, Manager of Al Jazeera Network’s social media initiatives, shows how people using social media to connect and communicate develop the needed critical mass to successfully overthrow the government of Egypt.
Complexity theory and studies of complex adaptive systems tells us that the amount of connections between the agents or the parts is a critical factor enabling emergent change. In this speech Riyaad Minty tells us how Twitter together with Al Jazeera enabled (or facilitated) the Arab Spring.
For further reading I highly recommend Margreth Wheatly’s article on emergence and social innovations.
Henrik Challis
Source: Media Evolution – The Conference in Malmö Sweden 27th of …
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Tags: Change Agents, change management, Change process, Emergence, Systemic
Two minutes of creative inspiration. Watch this movie!
29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.
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