by DavidFraser | Jan 30, 2013 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Systems, Wisdom, World Affairs
Given the large scale challenges facing the world, it’s tempting to get on a mission of changing the whole system, thinking that’s the only way we can make progress. Trouble is… Pick any major issue you like and it’s easy to show that the system which determines...
by DavidFraser | Nov 5, 2012 | Relationship Skills, World Affairs
Leaving aside the politics, and the relative merit of either presidential candidate… Mitt Romney made an interesting comment—interesting in the context of the theme here: “I learned as the Governor of Massachusetts that the best achievements are shared...
by DavidFraser | Jun 29, 2012 | Leadership, Organizations, Wisdom, World Affairs
In the West in particular, we believe in democracy, almost without thinking, but is it being abused? You see… When we elect a leader, we need them to lead, even if, in fact, we don’t like the consequences for us very much. That’s their job – to lead....
by DavidFraser | Jan 1, 2012 | Current Affairs, Energy, Leadership, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, World Affairs
Happy New Year! May it be a good one for you and confound all gloomy predictions. Often in an extreme can be found its opposite. As atomic physicist, Niels Bohr said, “The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may...
by DavidFraser | Dec 13, 2011 | Current Affairs, People Magic, Personal Mastery, Systems, World Affairs
At the level of the system – how things work – it’s actually very simple: The UK is not in the Euro and should not be part of stronger arrangements to protect that currency. The necessary rigour is yet to be achieved among the Euro members but when...
by DavidFraser | Dec 8, 2011 | Change, Current Affairs, Leadership, Organizational Learning, World Affairs
In closing, the host feels it necessary to say that he does “real work” too and not all his time can be spent leading on the issue of the meeting – one of the really big challenges of our time. Doesn’t that strike you as curious? How come we...
