Tag: High Performing Teams

Leadership in Chaos: 35th edition. octopus org, give up, consensus. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 35th edition 🙌. “Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. It’s all about taking in as much of what’s out there as you can, and not letting the excuses and the dreariness of some of the obligations you’ll soon…

Leadership in Chaos: 34th edition. mind the gap, patience, the changing of change. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 34th edition 🙌. “I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than…

Leadership in Chaos: 33rd edition. space and time, generation numb, mediocre voices. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 33rd edition 🙌. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” William Butler Yeats Culture: space and time. When we think of Space and Time, we often think of them…

Leadership in Chaos: 32nd edition. three body problems, jazz rhythms, belief crisis. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 32nd edition 🙌. “The world will ask you who you are, and if you don’t know, the world will tell you.” Carl Jung Culture: three body problems. Picture this. You’ve just hired a candidate. They’ve a great track…

Leadership in Chaos: 31st edition. Ambition, givers, takers and matchers, sensemaking. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 31st edition 🙌. “We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos Leadership: ambition. Ambition is a curious thing. Just like the power of love, it can…

Leadership in Chaos: 30th edition. Less is more, radiators and drains, tough talkers vs strong leaders. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 30th edition 🙌. “If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable”. Seneca Leadership: less is more. We all do it. Whether cooking for a dinner party,…

Leadership in Chaos: 29th edition. What, not why, infinite work, strategic culture. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 29th edition 🙌. “The day I decided that my life was magical, there was suddenly magic all around me.” Marabeth Quin, mixed media artist. Leadership: what not why. You probably think self awareness is important, right? Most people…

Leadership in Chaos: 28th edition. Sharpen your axe, lean in, pygmalion effect. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 28th edition 🙌. “I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every…

Leadership in Chaos: 27th edition. New frontiers, embarrassment, odyssey plan. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 27th edition 🙌. “Priorities are like arms; if you think you have more than a couple, you’re either lying or crazy.” Merlin Mann Change: new frontiers. Microsoft just published their 2025 Work Trend Index Report, and it’s pretty revealing stuff. AI…

Leadership in Chaos: 26th edition. severed, soldier or scout?, future trust. Hi 👋, welcome back to our 26th edition 🙌. “Taking off is optional. Landing is not.” Nassim Taleb Culture: severed. Season 2 of Severance is showing on Apple TV. It centres on a company (Lumon Industries) where job volunteers undertake a surgical procedure that splits…