Latham the flawed leader

One of my daughters bought me The Latham Diaries for Christmas. I read a chunk of the book each night over my holiday. I am struck by the leadership lessons in this book, but first some background. Mark Latham was elected leader of the Australian Labor Party and hence...

Presence

Presence by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski and Betty Sue Flowers, has just been posted to the Bookshelf.

Summer in Melbourne

It’s been a hot day in Melbourne. And, as often happens here in summer, the day ended with a thunderstorm. This is a picture I took about an hour ago from the beach at Mordialloc There are major bushfires around the state and the firefighters are sweating on a...

Jamuary in Melbourne

It’s hard trying to get back to work in January in Melbourne. It’s hard enough trying to get back to work after a break, but in Melbourne it’s always hot in January. I think the minimum overnight temperature last night was 25 (C). It’s hard to...

Back at work

I’ve been back at work for nearly two weeks now. You might have noticed I haven’t posted anything during that time. The first week back from holiday, I treated it more or less like an extension to the break. I just didn’t want to start work again. I...