“A natural disaster always strikes when the last one is forgotten.” – Japanese Proverb Peppered […]
We welcome the author of The Human Element: Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas David SchonthalÂ
Organisations were designed for steady environments and excel when situations are steady and predictable. Our business environment, our world today, is anything but steady and predictable. Established organisations excel at processes and procedures. They are organised for pristine exploitation (execution), not exploratory search.
If you look at the image, it takes only a small effort to see the contours of a Dalmatian sniffing the ground. However, here is the point, without the previously stored higher-level concept âdogâ, if we were only to use “the parts”, we would see only a meaningless pattern of white and black dots. We would focus on the parts and miss the big picture.
To promote organisational autophagy, we must embrace experimentation, jettison jaded pieces of junk organizational DNA, selectively regenerate dormant cells and reinvent, regenerate and renew in permanence.
Part 2 of this extended episode with Eric Maisel, the author of “The Magic of Sleep Thinking: How to Solve Problems, Reduce Stress, and Increase Creativity While You Sleep”
The Magic of Sleep Thinking: How to Solve Problems, Reduce Stress, and Increase Creativity While You Sleep, Eric Maisel
Our guest suggests that in order to understand ourselves and the world we need science and intuition, reason and imagination, not just one or two; that they are in any case far from being in conflict; and that the brainâs right hemisphere plays the most important part in each. And he shows us how to recognise the âsignatureâ of the left hemisphere in our thinking, so as to avoid making decisions that bring disaster in their wake. Following the paths of cutting-edge neurology, philosophy and physics, he reveals how each leads us to a similar vision of the world, one that is both profound and beautiful â and happens to be in line with the deepest traditions of human wisdom. It is a vision that returns the world to life, and us to a better way of living in it: one we must embrace if we are to survive. It is a pleasure to welcome the author of âThe Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the Worldâ Iain McGilchrist
So often the challenge is that we focus on the failure rather than the learnings. When we focus on failure, we become cognitively impaired and we cannot think creatively. We must reframe our relationship with struggle.
As the saying goes, “kites rise against, not with the wind.”
The premise of todayâs book is that nurturing spontaneity, creativity , experimentation, and dynamic synchronization is no longer an optional approach to leadership. Itâs the only approach. The current velocity of change demands nothing less. It demands paying attention to the mental models, the cultural beliefs and values, the practices and structures that support improvisation.
We welcome back the author of: âYes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazzâ, Frank Barrett.