Recently, I was honored to be interviewed by Heidi Legg of The Editorial. It gave me the chance to weave together my crisis leadership work at Harvard, my Master’s work on leadership in the context of meta-system scale change (think climate change), and my budding work to build leadership capacity and capability among environmental and conservation professionals. That’s a mouthful… Read More
The Leadership Brain
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
Why Resilience and Well-Being Matter in Your Organization
It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Mabbly founder Adam Fridman for a recent Inc. article on the relevance of well-being for organizations. My contribution was on resilience and the need to keep people focused on a positive future even in the face of adversity. Resilience is about the ability to bounce forward. When leaders model and articulate a… Read More
A Major Motion Picture
Well, actually, it’s a three-minute video introduction to The Elephant Wisdom Project. Thanks to my good friend Julius Hellen who donated his production services to make it possible. One of the great benefits of undertaking a major fund-raising efforts is that it brings out the generosity in others. I am so grateful for the support of friends and colleagues in… Read More