An interesting article from Karl Weick discussing the merits of ‘leadership as the Legitimation of Doubt’. He argues the strengths of a leader saying ‘I don’t know’. Some extracts: · Providing an example, he argues that a leader saying “I don’t know,” … was a strong act of leadership, not a weak one” · “It was strong… Continue reading Karl Weick: Leadership as the Legitimation of Doubt
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Zombie leadership: Dead ideas that still walk among us
A really interesting read about ‘zombie leadership’ ideas. Not a full summary, so check out the paper. Zombie ideas are a “residual commitment to an older set of ideas which have been repeatedly debunked but which nevertheless resolutely refuse to die”, taken from zombie economics. They apply this to leadership. They say that zombie ideas… Continue reading Zombie leadership: Dead ideas that still walk among us
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