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(The Restlessness Of) The Jack In The Box
Blog 1 (of 3) on our ‘Four Pathways To Spirited Leadership’ framework.
From our research we know that restless energies mean many leaders are oscillating between energetic, creative engagement and being deeply frustrated.
They want to commit time and resource to feel part of a bigger movement, to better find their voice and place in the world, to have support with whatever experiments they decide to pursue in service of a regenerative future.
How do we spend our Restless Energies?
Does individual change lead to system change or is it just a diversion, a distraction strategy?
Can we get our Adaptation Trojan Horse inside Mitigation’s walls?
Drawing on a hidden adaptation gem in the latest IPCC Synthesis Report we explore…
The lie of the Lone Wolf Leader
Our future lies in our ability to work together in light of the climate and ecological emergency we’re all going to have to face sooner or later.
The vision of the lone wolf leader fearlessly charging ahead with “the answer” is just as anomalous as our current state of ongoing #polycrises.
Connected leadership. Finding our way, together.
How often do you hear “I don’t feel much of a leader”, “I’m not a leader”, “I wouldn’t call myself a leader”?
What if we are all, actually, much of the time “leaders”?
What do you do when the waters change?
At Leading Through Storms, we actively encourage leaders to question the stories that society uses to make sense of the world. Perhaps the ‘consensus reality’ is an unhelpful façade that hides what’s actually going on?
Chances are you’ve felt something like this too. An inkling, or nudge, or outright feelings of disbelief -- “Am I the only one seeing this?”
If so, you may find the dilemma in the following story familiar...
This is an emergency. We must slow down.
Read our article in this special edition journal from the Association for Management Education and Development.
What does it take to be with what feels unbearable?
There are moments when we find worldviews colliding. How do we stay in constructive conversation through such discomfort when the stakes are high?
The Space Between Stimulus and Response
In this piece, Kirstin considers what it means to draw a line during these exceptional times and how practices of action and inquiry can support timely and transforming leadership.
How we came to be how we are…
The aim of this short piece is to give you a brief insight into our Leading Through Storms online sessions; the background, what informs us, our intentions, what we plan for, and some thoughts on ways of working. As ever, life is fluid, and we know that things continue to evolve…