Tag: Decision-Making
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Book 56: “Only the Paranoid Survive” by Andrew S. Grove
Andrew S. Grove’s Only the Paranoid Survive explains why success can breed complacency—and how leaders can recognise strategic inflection points before it is too late.
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Play 56: When Disruption Knocks, We Need Leadership
Disruption begins when the assumptions that guided us are no longer reliable. Romania’s 1981 debt crisis taught me why leaders must face reality, question familiar answers and act while choices remain.
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Play 55: Why Leadership Is Essential for Achievement
Purpose gives us a reason. Vision gives us a destination. Belonging gives us commitment. But leadership is what turns all three into achievement. In Play 55, I reflect on implementation, winning coalitions, difficult decisions and accountability.
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Book 53: “The Second World War” by Winston S. Churchill
Winston Churchill’s The Second World War is more than a history of conflict. It is an extraordinary study of leadership under uncertainty, judgement, communication, coalition-building and responsibility.
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Book 37: “Good Strategy Bad Strategy” by Richard Rumelt
A leadership reflection on Richard Rumelt’s Good Strategy Bad Strategy and why real strategy requires diagnosis, choice, focus, and coherent action.
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Book 35: “Blind Spots” by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Blind spots don’t mean weak leadership—they mean unseen risk. Learn common leadership blind spots and a practical system to reduce them.
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Play 35:Leaders and Blind Spots
Blind spots don’t mean weak leadership—they mean unseen risk. Learn common leadership blind spots and a practical system to reduce them.
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Book 34: “Practical Wisdom” by Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe
In Practical Wisdom, Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe argue that rules, incentives, and expertise are not enough. Great leadership depends on judgment — the ability to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time.
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Play 34: Wisdom and Leadership: The Quiet Engine of Great Decisions
In a noisy world obsessed with speed and visibility, wisdom remains the quiet engine of great leadership. This post explores how self-awareness, discernment, humility, patience, integrity, deep listening, and reflection shape better decisions and stronger legacies.
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Book 33: “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” by Malcom Gladwell
In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell explores the hidden power of rapid cognition — the ability to make judgments in an instant. For leaders, the lesson is not to glorify instinct, but to understand when fast thinking reveals wisdom and when it hides bias.