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Mental Model

Strong opinions weakly held…

15 September 2007

The phrase “Strong Opinions, Weakly Held” from a post by Bob Sutton describes an important philosophy for leaders, Bob Sutton describes the importance of this idea as:
“….the virtues of wise people – those who have the courage to act on their knowledge, but the humility to doubt what they know…to deal with an uncertain future [...]

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The structures and tensions required to create change

25 September 2006

The need for change in how we think, behave and relate as organisations and individuals has never been greater. There is a great need for leaders who are capable of leading organisational change. The results to date have been dismal, research from Harvard Business Review indicates that as much as 70% of all organisational change [...]

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Breaking Your “Four Minute Mile”

25 June 2006

The story of Roger Bannister is an inspirational one. For many years it was widely believed to be impossible for a human to run a mile (1609 meters) in under four minutes. In fact, for many years, it was believed that the four minute mile was a physical barrier that no man could break without [...]

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