Reflections 4th September

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On my Mind

Impatience

We seem to live in a curious time where the principal role of leaders is "to Get Things Done". Management more than Leadership. Tactics more than Strategy.

GTD eclipses the process of deciding what to get done, as well as the possible longer term impact of GTD might be. After two months, what might most politely be described as an eccentric process to appoint a new Prime Minister in the UK concludes tomorrow. We can be fairly confident there will then be a tsunami of rhetoric that promises certainty by Friday.

Bish Bash Bosh. "Manager of the Month"

Only later might there be an inquiry into why the stable door was left open for two months giving the horse plenty of time to not so much to bolt, as to amble into the distance.

I have written before about an alchemical approach to change - taking the time to "sit in the fire" in order to understand the forces at work, and what those forces are working on. It requires patience, curiosity and a…