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Mick wrote the chapter "Developing Leaders in a Global Landscape" in

Dealing with Paradox - just say yes!

Facing paradox and conflict, and opposing yet valid choices, the only way a Leader can help others steer a successful path is to answer “yes” – by becoming a world class [...]

Sheena Iyengar at TEDGlobal on "Choice"

The value of choice is in our ability to perceive differences between the [...]

Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks

I happen to be on the side of transparency and disclosure, and I was reassured that Wikileaks only posts items that they can verify, that protects their sources, and that protects the innocent as best they know how. The guilty however [...]

Distributed Leadership in a Global landscape

Distributed Leadership is the ONLY way for organizations to handle the complexities and speed of the modern [...]

Rifkin's Revolution

Rifkin’s Revolution ~ Written by Victoria Yates for the London Student Paper ‘Environmentality’ Column, Issue [...]

The need for an Empathic Civilization - Jeremy Rifkin at the RSA, London

The basic concept is that the more complex a civilization, the more people, the more communication we get – but also the more energy we use, and entropy comes into play. Net, expansion brings with it an evolved empathy for others and the system as a whole – but it tends to consume resources at an alarming rate. A paradox in the way of [...]

New book …

I am very pleased that my work on “Developing Leaders in a Global landscape” has just been published in Linkage Inc’s “Best Practice in Leadership Development”.

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2009 Trends Map

From the Top Trends blog …. a fascinating visualisation of the world’s possible futures.

“Here, at last, is my 2009 trend blend map. Here’s how it works. The main body of the map contains the mega-trends. These are, in no particular order:

Global connectivity
Anxiety
Volatility
Uncertainty
Debt
Power shift Eastwards
Ageing
GRIN technologies
Digitalisation
Climate change
Sustainability

There are then eight arms, which represent the [...]

Successfully Leading People Through Services Globalization

From HRO Magazine, by Atul VashisthaThe six secrets of change management will help you tackle fear head-on and produce the kind of results you’re looking for in service globalization.

The greatest challenge in services globalization comes from people.” That’s what an HR executive told me the other day about her experience managing change in services globalization. [...]

G/localization talk at Etech

From the “Many to Many” blog, by Danah Boyd

“Last week, I gave a talk at O’Reilly’s Etech on how large-scale digital communities can handle the tensions between global information networks and local interaction and culture. I’ve uploaded the crib for those who are interested in reading the talk: “G/localization: When Global Information and Local Interaction [...]