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Commentary, questions, analysis, research, discernment, wondering, challenging!
Leadership, insights, critique ….. Tracking the WHY …. the themes, the importance….
Why is this important.
What’s working, what’s not! What are the themes?
Tracking the ideas moving the world of improvement forward — and challenge the ones holding it back.
There is much evidence about the need and the power of collaboration of connection.
The need for creativity in connecting the dots of change.
A need for different, non-linear thinking. That challenges the narrative and creates a way forward.
The message that it will be those who can connect seemingly unrelated elements that are going to be key to our collective success:
Check these links out for size!
- Change is by lots of small quiet activity coming together
https://www.galbeckerman.com/the-quiet-before. The Quiet Before
“We tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets. But the ideas fueling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, where a vanguard can whisper among themselves, imagine alternate realities, and deliberate about how to achieve their goals.” - Artistic/creative thinking in strategy
https://ourmanifesto.substack.com/p/what-if-artists-were-your-strategic
What if artists were your strategic weapon in the boardroom. - Athletes funding Athletes. NZ
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/572897/tom-walsh-hamish-kerr-financially-back-athletes-to-join-them-at-the-top
This is such a great article and great example. Of people lifting other people up.
Supporting others to succeed on the global stage.
Other GOOD STUFF…. What is also interesting us lately:
INSPIRATION & LINKS:
- Otroverts: Don’t feel like joining in – why it could be your superpower
- Leadership vs Management: www.simplilearn.
com/leadership-vs-management- difference worth thinking about! - On Productivity in NZ: Very interesting. www.rnz.co.nz/
radionz/programmes/the financial metric that clashes with our culture - On Public Living Room Spaces, because it’s about human connections…. Maff – from Camerados
- A Lean Spectrum, Bob Emiliani, quite liked this. www.linkedin.com/feed
From previous:
- www.linkedin.com/news/story/why-were-running-out-of-everything-5074916/
- www.businessinsider.com.au/silicon-valley-giving-up-on-reality
- www.linkedin.com/feed/Patrick Ross – Love at Bosch
- podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/episode-31-something-large-and-wild – worth listening to!
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU0TfOwxQIE Why our Economic System is not Sustainable
- jarche.com/2013/11/networks-are-the-new-companies/
- www.rolandberger.com/en/Insights/Margaret-Heffernan-on-acting-in-times-of-uncertainty
- thefuturesschool.medium.com/futurist-futurist-make-me-a-plan
- www.linkedin.com/feed/Trish – square pegs and round holes
- www.linkedin.com/feed/update/such a good employment story!
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