Leadership in the 21st Century

Deep Linking Leadership Development to Organisational Behaviour

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Elaine in 21st Century Leadership, Business education, Deep Sustainability, Leadership in the 21st Century | Leave a comment

In the past decade much of the truly transformational leadership work happening in organisations has been driven from a place of self mastery. This approach is however being challenged by Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and the author of the new book “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” who shows by categorising our cognitive flaws, that knowing oneself is not enough, not nearly enough to be the effectual leaders we need to be. Separate research released in September 2011 by the Minneapolis based consultancy Modern … →


How Gaming helped me become a better strategist

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Elaine in 21st Century Leadership, Agility, Art and Business, Curiosity, Gaming, Leadership in the 21st Century, Lessons Learnt, Strategy | Leave a comment

In the last five years, I can safely say that the majority of what I have unlearnt and relearnt, as far as strategy is concerned, comes from Gaming. I have learnt many things about strategy from the world of work and higher learning but Unlearning and Relearning have come from a different place. When I understood that the rate of change was happening faster than my ability to respond to it strategically, I started looking for another place – somewhere … →


Truths, Trends and Trifles in Business Education – A Hacker’s Guide

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Elaine in 21st Century Leadership, Agility, Attention Economics, Business education, Curiosity, Deep Sustainability, Leadership in the 21st Century, Learner Readiness, Lessons Learnt, Productivity, Web 2.0 and Leadership Development | Leave a comment

One of the most important issues we are currently facing as business educators, and certainly in the field of executive education is the ability to separate out the truths from the trends and the trends from the trifles. I am indebted to my partner, Dave Duarte for this elegant distinction between these three lenses. It is well worth reading his blog post on this as it relates to the problematics of Social Media strategies. Truths The truth of what it … →


When Work no longer works

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Elaine in 21st Century Leadership, Commentary, Curiosity, Leadership in the 21st Century, Learner Readiness, Learning, Managing staff, Paradox, Productivity | 5 Comments

I remember when Work was the place you went to, to get things done. Increasingly I find that when I really have to get things done – which in my industry is coming up with new ideas and designs for executive leadership development work (apart from managing a whole lot of people and bringing in revenue), work is probably the last place I would think of to do this well. Why is this? Well, frankly work is the place where … →


The Art of Noticing

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Elaine in 21st Century Leadership, Art and Business, Curiosity, Interesting Events and Courses, Leadership in the 21st Century, Learning, Web 2.0 and Leadership Development | Leave a comment

Noticing is a skill which is seen as central to creative literacy. Could it also be that it is a practice which is critical to business success? I think that it is. The problem though with the rate of change happening faster than our ability to respond to it is that many of us just seem to want knuckle down and get on with it, using the well worn filters and models which worked in the past and pray they serve … →