“It has taken decades and centuries to build up the wider business and economic infrastructure that supports face-to-face working,” points out ‘Macro Strategist’ Luke Templeman, writing in Deutsche Bank’s Konzept magazine. “Those who can work from home… should be taxed in order to smooth the transition process for those who have been suddenly displaced.” What a terrible idea. Perhaps Konzept’s …
Emerge Stronger with Empathic Leadership
When I was a kid, my favourite toy cars were those with a pull-back motor in them. I used to love to point them in a particular direction, wind them up and let them go. The speed as the spring uncoiled was a rush! But what I really loved was when they went precisely where I aimed them. If they …
Emerge Stronger with Values-Based Leadership
For each of us running organizations, this is a profoundly difficult time. Some of us are lucky to be able to keep working as usual; others have a very different daily rhythm. Others still can’t operate at all, closing their premises and furloughing their staff. If you can’t work in your business, perhaps you can still work on it. From …
“Let Your Systems Set You Free”
Mention ‘process,’ and most of us feel constrained or restricted—even stagnant. This seems odd, given the word itself derives from the Latin ‘processus’, meaning “advancing or proceeding” and “a going forward.” So why do we feel stifled when faced with process in our daily work? The problem is not that we prefer to live in chaos! Or to make things …