When Democracy Falters, Ordinary People Lead
Thank you to our friends at People Power Health for bringing me back to On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by historian Timothy Snyder — a book I drew on when writing Your Leadership Moment: Democratizing Leadership in an Age of Authoritarianism. Snyder, a historian specializing in 20th-century Europe, particularly the rise of fascism and communism, offers […]
Seeing What Others Miss: Adaptive Leadership for Emerging Leaders
What struck me in that moment was that I did not see that man. I was walking in London’s Hyde Park with Vimal Kumar, an Acumen Fellow and close colleague. Vimal was born a “sweeper,” the lowest caste in India’s hierarchy, historically consigned to cleaning toilets and sewers by hand. He has since gone on […]