Category: Leadership
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Elephant-paths a quick way towards change
‘An elephant-path (also known as a desire-path, herd path, cow path and goat track) is a path created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The path usually represents the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and destination. Width and erosion severity can be indicators of […]
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Must read – Teeming by Tamsin Woolley-Barker
To stay up to date I read a lot of articles and books, but not very often am I so taken by a book that I feel like publicly praising it. Teeming, written by evolutionary biologist Tamsin Woolley-Barker is a grant exception. The book explains how superorganisms work to build infinite wealth and how organizations […]
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Teach them to yearn for vast and endless seas – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead teach them to yearn for vast and endless seas” is the full quote. It caught my eye because I manage projects and teams from the idea; “be stubborn about your goals but flexible […]