Issue 5.4 | September 2015 In this Article: we continue to reflect on how to rethink our assumptions to lead better. Here we examine the charity sector. Because this article explores a landscape (and an argument) that may feel quite foreign to [ … ]
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Becoming a Better Business Leader: Unlearning Capitalism
Issue 5.3 | July 2015 In this Article: we build on last month’s article (how to unlearn flawed assumptions that hinder transformation) by showing how we can unlearn the flaws of Capitalism, and do business better. Next month we will focus [ … ]
Read MoreBecoming a Better Leader: Learning to Unlearn
Issue 5.2 | June 2015 In this Article: how to unlearn the flawed assumptions that prevent us from transforming our world and ourselves. by Jonathan Wilson On a lonely mountain airstrip surrounded by rainforest, two foreign workers and their [ … ]
Read MoreThe Embattled Leader: How to Transform Conflict
Issue 5.1 | April 2015 In this Article: how to understand the dynamics of conflict so that you can stop the damage and enable transformation. by Jonathan Wilson The politician’s bodyguard and I relaxed on the winter-browned lawn under [ … ]
Read MoreBridge to a Big Surprise: Four Steps to Successful Negotiation
Issue 4.12 | November 2014 In this Article: how to transform a competitive negotiation into a creative collaboration. Part 2 of a two-article series on negotiation that results in innovation. Part 1 is here. by Jonathan Wilson Percy, our client, [ … ]
Read MoreIt Takes More than a Big Idea: Why Negotiation is the Pathway to Successful Innovation
Issue 4.11 | September-October 2014 In this Article: progress is built on negotiation as much as it is on innovation. The first in a two-part series on negotiation. by Jonathan Wilson All human progress is the result of innovation [ … ]
Read MoreThe Humble Visionary: How to Reject Silver Bullets and Pursue Real Progress
Issue 4.10 | August 2014 In this Article: better to lead truthfully towards a brave new world than blindly towards a fantasy and a let-down. by Jonathan Wilson If we pull together all of today’s promises for tomorrow into [ … ]
Read MoreInnocent but Influential: Becoming a Politically Savvy Leader
Issue 4.9 | March-April 2014 In this Article: how to manage politics with your idealism and integrity intact. by Jonathan Wilson The hot South African summer sun beat down on the green hill where one of the most significant [ … ]
Read MoreRight Vision, Wrong Roadmap: Learning to Rethink Your Leadership
Issue 4.8 | February 2014 In this Article: you may have the right vision for your future, but you may have the wrong assumptions about what it will take to get there. by Jonathan Wilson Few speakers who take [ … ]
Read MoreCutting a Clear Path: Building a Strategy Anyone Can Follow
Issue 4.7 | January 2014 In this Article: how to build a strategy that won’t fail on execution. by Jonathan Wilson Nearly twenty years ago, I did a somewhat unkind thing to a man who (I did not realize [ … ]
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