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Before We Ask People to Be Brave

Posted by 55M on Tuesday, September 15, 2026
In What Do Institutions Do When No One Is Watching?, I argued that leadership isn't confined to people with titles. We all uphold workplace values, including challenging behaviour that contradicts them. Several people I respect pushed back, their concern was not with the importance of every individual being a leader, it was with what acting […]
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When No One Is Watching

Posted by 55M on Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Summary Sometimes the real test of an institution isn’t what it does when a crisis hits the headlines, it’s what it does when no one is watching. The stories involving the Sydney Swans, Scots College and St Gregory’s over the past week have been a stark reminder of how quickly an institution’s culture is tested. […]
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High Performance - what really matters?

Posted by Ben on Friday, May 6, 2022
In 2022, people are time poor. Teams are expected and required to form and perform quickly, if not instantaneously. Because no individual can know everything, teams – whether within organisations or society more generally – must harness the power of the collective if they are to succeed. This means drawing on the diverse perspectives, background […]
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Be Curious

Posted by Jono on Thursday, March 10, 2022
Fostering productive disagreement as a norm has never been more important with topics such as #MeToo, Environmentalism, LGBTIQ+ issues, even our own democracy all requiring engaged, informed respectful discussions and debate.  Unfortunately, with the incessant rise of virtue signalling and instant, often public, judgements of ‘others’ many are actively avoiding meaningful discussions.  This is disastrous for us […]
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