Taking Experience SeriouslyThe politics of uncertainty.I have been working with a group of professionals, mostly in the health service, who shared some of their work dilemmas with me. In each of…Apr 26Apr 26
Taking Experience SeriouslyDo no harmI have been in East Africa again continuing the programme on ethical leadership which began last July, a collaboration between an…Mar 101Mar 101
Taking Experience SeriouslyThe practice of leadership — ethics and hope in dark timesI have agreed to work in South Sudan developing an ethical leadership programme. I admit to a number of reservations to do with the fact…Feb 12Feb 12
Taking Experience SeriouslyThinking about how we’re thinking may help us when the chips are downWe are not unique among mammals in our ability to take ourselves as objects to ourselves. Some primates have this capacity, as do elephants…Nov 27, 2023Nov 27, 2023
Taking Experience SeriouslyTalking about what’s going on means making yourself vulnerable‘…the most admirable thinkers within the scholarly community you have chosen to join do not split their work from their lives.’Oct 24, 20231Oct 24, 20231
Taking Experience SeriouslyIt’s all very well being critical, but what should we do?After a series of workshops a colleague observed to me that taking a complexity perspective is very good at taking apart the dominant…Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Taking Experience SeriouslyBringing your authentic self to workWhat are we to make of the invitation to bring our authentic selves to work, or to lead authentically, an encouragement which often…Sep 25, 20232Sep 25, 20232
Taking Experience SeriouslyThe complex of past, present and futureGoing forwards, either used to mean ‘what we’ll do next’, ‘in the future’, or sometimes just as a hollow place holder meaning absolutely…Sep 11, 2023Sep 11, 2023
Taking Experience SeriouslyHow our expectations of leaders may stop us thinkingLeadership emerged in all kinds of encouraging and unexpected ways during the crisis caused by the pandemic. It was a contemporary and…Sep 4, 20232Sep 4, 20232
Taking Experience SeriouslyDelivering changeDeliver, meaning to liberate (deliver us from evil), to give birth or to take something somewhere, has become ubiquitous in contemporary…Aug 29, 20231Aug 29, 20231