on life and leadership
Who on earth decides what is in this season? I’ve always wondered that. I sometimes imagine some eccentric designer in a studio apartment in New York. Thanks Hollywood. Perhaps we don’t give enough credit to how fashion designers and “approvers” impact culture. I say “approvers” because I imagine in many instances there is someone who …
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Leadership should be about moving people and a cause forward. Sometimes leaders get it twisted and walk backwards, taking their organisations with them. Every leader will fail at some point. Thinking you’re immune to failure is naive and self-defeating. Keeping this in mind minimises blind spots.
When the longstanding debate on whether management and leadership are different, it is normally in favor of one. It is, most of the times, a way to knock either in exaltation of the other. This post is not to serve that purpose. It is to highlight the differences and perhaps, a little more. Leadership defines …
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Understanding is not something just happens. Clarity is not something that is magically arrived at. It is a process. I hate it when people, and particularly leaders, act as if there is a straight line to clarity. Figuring anything out is not always a clear path. There are mistakes to be made. Depending on how we …
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I just discovered that 8Bit is closing doors and I am, devastated. 8Bit is the company that built Standard Theme, the theme I used to use (changed theme in July 2015) on this blog (writing this on 31 August 2013). Besides the community I have in relationships with people I meet offline and my experience …
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