“Generous leaders disappear behind the Purpose”

May 16, 2010

I had an illuminating week in Brazil, first with a wonderfully courageous leadership team nearby Porto Alegre whose intuition was that they absolutely needed to “reduce the distance” between them in order to create the conditions for “Leadership as a process” to emerge.
Second, I was invited to the yearly event to which the Fundação Dom [...]

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“Egocentric leaders destroy value”

May 8, 2010

Last week’s post on “Leadership as a process” has generated a lot of discussions via direct e.mails (it must be thanks to the football clip…)
I thought useful to summarize and report conversations held with two CEO’s whose challenges were around:

Is “leadership as a process” another way to encourage conformism and obedience?

What do I do when [...]

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Leadership is the ball: leadership is a collective process not an individual attribute

May 2, 2010

Synchronicity may be seen as a pure coincidence, or an esoteric “was written in the stars” sort of blessed encounter or the fact that we create our own flourishing environment by continuously sharing, listening and being curious. Such a fortunate moment happened this Saturday when, on the one hand, I was proud to be invited [...]

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“How the Cirque du Soleil deals with Complexity”

April 25, 2010

A moment of exceptional beauty and aesthetics to start this week: please take a look at this short clip of highlights of “Alegria”, one of the Cirque du Soleil’s most successful shows…
Observe the complexity of movements, the absolute necessity of perfect timing and positioning of the different actors…
Look at those subtle and invisible gestures of [...]

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“The Purposeful Leader”

April 18, 2010

When confronted to complexity, humans tend to respond by increasing control, micro-management and closing. The recent crisis provided a strong although well intentioned illustration of this: Some CEO’s were requesting daily cash flow statements of their people as a way to feel “in control”, showing concern and seeking to grow a necessary sense of urgency [...]

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“To be in command and out of control”

April 11, 2010

My partners and I are about to embark on a journey, with several organizations in the world, which have decided to seriously engage their people in their strategy implementation and create (more) “Intelligent Organizations”.
I was looking for leaders having taken their people through similar paths. Fabio Barbosa in Banco Santander Brasil, Jorgen Knudstrop and his [...]

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“Being a victim of disruption or being the disruptor?”

March 27, 2010

As promised, last week, I propose to give us some time for reflection on the theme of the “Open Economy” and would like to invite you (via e.mail or on the blog) to  co-create the “Disruption Experience” which we want to be novel, powerful and impactful.
The Disruption Experience (“The most life-changing Executive Think-Tank you’ll ever [...]

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“The Game Changers in the Open Economy”

March 21, 2010

In an excellent “post” (article) on his blog[1], Seth Godin creates a distinction between the two cultures that internet has enabled: one made of people whom, we would say, work following the GRAVITAS principles and go deep in their thinking, seeking to be real leaders in the Open Economy and another, which he calls “clickers [...]

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“Leading in the Open Economy: disrupting, connecting, tribalizing and engaging”

March 14, 2010

After seeing how the new “Open Economy” will impact the way we strategize (from guessing the future to preparing for it) and organize (from centralized, hierarchical and pyramidal organizations towards more organic, decentralized and “intelligent organizations”, defined by a shared and engaging Purpose, a permanent, purpose-related feedback and a fertile ground of relationships), let us [...]

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“Connecting People!”

March 7, 2010

After covering the two first features of an “intelligent organism”, a strong and shared sense of Purpose and a purpose-related feedback loop, let’s explore the third one:
A fertile ground of relationships: An engaging Purpose and a constant feedback loop designed to help people stay aligned with it are not enough to create an intelligent organization. [...]

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