I challenge you to sit in silence for a couple of minutes, just two or three minutes will do. Pay attention to the sounds you are hearing, the sensations present in your body, the connection of your body to wherever you are sitting, your breath coming in and out. What do you notice? And what…
… and you’ll stumble upon creativity, lasting social bonds and positive emotions Do you remember when you were a small kid, how you engaged with other kids through play? It still fascinates me today, when I observe how easily kids embrace completely new games and playing partners, assigning each other made-up roles and going from…
Before I make an attempt to answer this question, I would like to take a closer look at the etymological definition of the word “crisis”, so that we can all find a common point of reference. It turns out, it originally comes from the Greek word κρίσις (krisis) which means discrimination, decision. The noun is…
Let me start by taking a step back to first clarify the relationship between truth and power. I remember reading an article which compared the effect black holes have in distorting space-time, with the effect power has on distorting reality: the closer you are to them, the bigger the distortion gets. As the historian and…
Why is leadership resilience so important? The global pandemic we are all experiencing is showing us that in our increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world, leadership needs to enable agility, change, constant adaptation and collaborative innovation. More than that, it needs to also provide for the support and the trust many are currently missing: we…
