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

4 Questions about 3 Things

We are all deep in the swing back to work after the New Year celebrations, one way or another. I  hope everyone had a great break, and that you are ready for 2013.

I have been lucky, with a few extra day’s breathing space. And now, like many others, I was thinking about how best to start the year?

Well, my “leadership buddy” Wally Bock [...]

Weekend Imagination Igniters: Learning - Wally Bock

This weekend, in those quiet moments, think about what you’ve learned from the people who worked for you. Have you thanked [...]

Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are [...]

Leaders Are Master Learners - Bret L. Simmons

The art of leadership is in mastering the discipline and joy of continual [...]

11 Elderly Learners Who Are Incredibly Inspiring

Education is valuable whether you’re going back to school or need something to do in your [...]

Get out and learn

I just spent a fascinating few days in “Silicon Valley”, on a business trip. Exciting to see all the ideas, enthusiasm and desire to change things. Oh, and of course the  goal of being the next web billionaire

On the other hand, I remain bemused by how so many senior business leaders seem to treat the [...]

Beginner's Mind for the New Year

Let’s use our existing wisdom and ideas to help others succeed, yet also find enough space to keep learning new [...]

Rewriting Your Life Story – Dan Elash

As long as you can learn, as long as you can make choices that are better than those you made in the past, your future story is [...]

Is Your Learning a Phase of Life or a Way of Life?

Now’s a great time for reflecting on our personal, team, and organizational learning habits. Are we leaders on the grow? Is constant improvement a way of [...]

Beginner’s Mind

I was talking with friends today about the Zen concept of “Beginner’s Mind” – where one needs to empty one’s mind of extraneous things to be able to make space to learn new things. This is always easier said than done, as we also need to capture and learn from our experiences and not [...]