Thoughtfolio 69 — why altruism is needed, how leaders make change and the beauty of isolation.
What I’ve been reading & writing this week…
Corporate altruism is part of the solution. (5 mins) — www.linkedin.com
My thoughts on why large organisations need to step up to the plate right now.
How leaders make change happen. (10 mins) — www.mckinsey.com
“Believing in the “why” behind a change can inspire people to change their behavior. In practice, however, we find that many transformation leaders falsely assume that the “why” is clear to the broader organization and consequently fail to spend enough time communicating the rationale behind change efforts.”
Splendid isolation: how one man stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours. (27 mins)
This was published in January this year, before we started thinking about enforced isolation. This story resonated as it talks through the fear in aloneness, which eventually gives way to the beauty of solitude.
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth and power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.” Anne Frank
