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We hope our blog variously provokes, comforts and inspires.

If there are particular themes, leadership dilemmas or rich provocations you would like to hear our take on, we’d love to hear from you.

If you’re a member of our community and would like to share some of your writing here, please do get in touch.

Simply contact us via info@leadingthroughstorms.org.

James Barlow James Barlow

(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.

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Simon Cooper Simon Cooper

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…

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Leading Through Storms Leading Through Storms

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.

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James Barlow James Barlow

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...

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Kirstin Irving Kirstin Irving

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.

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James Barlow James Barlow

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…

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