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Richard Sullivan

The billion dollar space pen ?

I’ll admit, I used to believe it too, but it’s a myth…

Oct 17, 2022

The billion dollar space pen ?

Oct 17, 2022

Psychological Safety in Practice

How can a leader demonstrate that it is safe to be open about mistakes ? It’s not rocket science. But it does involve a rocket…..

Oct 17, 2022

Diagram of Redstone rocket

Oct 17, 2022

Can you tell what it is?

Just for fun…. and also about leadership.

Aug 18, 2021

Can you tell what it is?

Aug 18, 2021

2 Up 2 Down Creating Alignment in Fluid Situations

In conditions of rapid change and flux all colleagues can find themselves having to exercise disciplined independent thought — having to…

Jun 22, 2020

2 Up 2 Down Creating Alignment in Fluid Situations

Jun 22, 2020

Fish don’t know they’re in water

If you tried to explain it, they’d say, “Water? What’s water?” They’re so surrounded by it that it’s impossible to see. They can’t see it…

Jun 4, 2020

Fish don’t know they’re in water

Jun 4, 2020

After Action Reviews. Seizing the chance to learn in the midst of complexity

The After Action Review (AAR) is a short, sharp process to improve an organisation ability to learn in the midst of action and improve…

May 15, 2020

After Action Reviews. Seizing the chance to learn in the midst of complexity

May 15, 2020

What sank the Titanic? It wasn’t the iceberg.

It’s easy to think that once it struck the iceberg the events that followed were inevitable, but the reality is more complex, and there…

Apr 6, 2020

What sank the Titanic? It wasn’t the iceberg.

Apr 6, 2020

Under the ocean, isolation is a norm.

In submarine service, crews spend many weeks and months cooped up in a steel tube under the waves. They have developed a few coping…

Mar 30, 2020

Under the ocean, isolation is a norm.

Mar 30, 2020

How to play chess on a rollercoaster

This is a collection of tips based on best practice and experience of organisations that have proven to operate well under difficult…

Mar 24, 2020

How to play chess on a rollercoaster

Mar 24, 2020

A conversation map for empowerment

As an empowering leader you’re not prescribing or suggesting the answer, you’re sharing your understanding and inviting colleagues to…

Dec 12, 2018

Dec 12, 2018

Richard Sullivan

Richard Sullivan

Associate Founder of GloComNet (Global Complexity Network) in 2015. Studying how organisations and leaders successfully manage the unexpected.

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