The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, where I research and teach, is creating short video modules based on our curriculum. I am pleased that I was asked to take on the inaugural segment on the leaders brain. In this clip, I discuss the ways that cognitive biases shape one’s perceptions and decisions–sometimes in dramatic ways–along with strategies for counteracting… Read More
It was a great pleasure to return to MIT this week to speak at the Business Continuity and Crisis Planning executive education course. It’s my fourth consecutive year. I always enjoy engaging on meta-leadership with a group that walks the talk on the front lines. This year, about 40% of the group came from outside the U.S. and they represented… Read More
I recently had the privilege to deliver a keynote presentation to the alumni of the AESE Business School in Lisbon, Portugal. The talk came in the wake of the Brexit vote and violence in numerous locations around the world so the topic of “leading in turbulent times” was on everyone’s minds. We discussed ARTful leadership–building adaptive capacity, resilience, and trust… Read More