How to find your vision in a messy world
This week I have been challenged with many processes, with an abundance of opportunities to reflect on things like how we can find our vision, how we learn to lead, and how we make decisions under uncertainty. One of the biggest learnings has been that of observing a process, going back to my core values […]
How to embrace leadership as a habit
Most of us have lots of ideas what we’d like to be like, what we intend to commit to, and what “success” looks like for us. We have in other words a vision, a dream of something that drives us, and that enables us to build strategies into our career plans so that we tick […]
How to build radical transparency
Most organisations shy away from conflict, are based on hierarchy where much of key information is shared only across the very top and privileged, and hire based on flawed interview metrics and methods. Yet, Ray Dalio challenges us in Principles (almost last blog on this, promise!) to consider another alternative that could just change your […]
How to progress individual success within an organisation
Most of us are very good at telling others what we have achieved, which milestones we have cracked, which committees we sit on and how we keep going from win to win. But we often struggle to explain how all of our individual actions fit into the broader goals and vision of the organisation that […]
How to develop robust decision principles
Learn from the best is what most of us aspire to do. So no wonder that when people like Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, decides to put his life principles into a book, you simply cannot not buy that book. Principles (Life and Work) is Ray Dalio’s personal explanation of his life work […]