The Battle Cry in the Boardroom
What looks like motivation—war footage, heroic narratives, calls to crush the competition—is often something else entirely: a system of thinking that rewires how organisations see markets, customers, and themselves
Leadership And Organisation
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·Behavioural Science,
When Stories Move Faster Than Systems
Why AI-accelerated narratives are exposing leadership and capability gaps across organisations
·Leadership Practice and Development
The One Leadership Skill We Forgot to Teach
In an age of noise, overload and drifting meetings, facilitation is no longer a “tool”, it’s a core leadership discipline
·Leadership Practice and Development
Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: How to Escape the Halfpinion Trap
In a world of echo chambers, courage and curiosity keep us honest
·Leadership Practice and Development
Practice making mistakes
An extract from ‘The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead from the Inside Out’ by Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink and Ramesh Srinivasan
·Leadership Practice and Development
FF Life: Best leadership books—7 essential reads
On the myths of leadership and developing a questioning mind on the norms that are handed down to us
·Behavioural Science, Mental Models and Decision Making
FF Insights #675: Mimetic desire
June 17, 2022: What cricket lost; The upside of negativity; #AllSleepMatters
·Leadership Practice and Development
FF Insights #651: Three levels of empathy
May 16, 2022: Indian VCs’ IIT bias; Rajapaksas’ manœuvres; Heatwave - an infographic
·Leadership Practice and Development
FF Insights #645: Elon Musk and the art of asking the right questions
May 6, 2022: Life in Shanghai; The journey of reusable plastic; A literal mess
·Leadership Practice and Development
FF Insights #587: It’s okay not to be okay
February 10, 2022: The rise of the creator economy; Becoming a better leader; A self-help book for introverts
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