Viability precedes agility. Viability is the biological ability to survive and live successfully. As individuals we want that. As leaders we want to scale that into our complex, biological enterprises.
Right now, many are in survival mode.
Survival precedes growth. So, what’s essential for survival? Many businesses shine with ‘incident response’. No worries. It matters less where we start, it matters more that we start to work systemically on all 7 measures.
Leadership: Engaging people as a system of sense-making and advocacy, with clear directions and controls. Now, it’s less about the person at the top.
On values and leadership. I was asked for my thoughts on leadership based on fear and pressure vs. passion and love. And, it raised a deeper consideration.
‘Pressure leading to fear’ and ‘passion leading to love’ contrast how leaders exercise power. Leaders hold it over people or share it with people, or both.
We all live two lives. The second one begins when we realise we have only one life.