Leadership Everywhere: 12th Global peter Drucker forum 2020

It was a great opportunity to participate virtually in the Global Peter Drucker Forum from NZ. Joined in live where I could, then spent the rainy Saturday catching up on some recordings and still more to go!!

Wealth of knowledge and thought leadership shared across the plenaries and keynotes. The virtual stage included some well known names such as Amy C. Edmondson Margaret Heffernan Simon Sinek Gary Hamel Alexander Osterwalder Tim Brown and more! Together they covered a broad spectrum of themes. I am buzzing! I’ll share some of my particular take-homes over the next few posts.

Overall, as we face growing uncertainty, there is a clear need for, and move towards a different approach to leadership. A focus on people and “humanocracy”; a move from command & control to collaborative leadership; embracing vulnerability, enabling psychological safe spaces where all the voices can be heard; inquiry and listening. Those that can improvise, be comfortable with mistakes and stay deeply humble.

Some might see this as a “new approach” and maybe it is in a business context. Yet, when we consider indigenous and ancient wisdoms from across the globe...it seems more a rediscovering and returning to the deep truths that have been passed down from our ancestors through the generations.