Charles Handy and Rosie Bishop are co-authors of a new Thought Leadership Paper. It’s ‘hot off the press’. It arose from a conversation with Charles just ahead of the COVID-19 strictures in the UK. Click here to read the paper. It will also be included in our forthcoming book.
Why should we be perpetual explorers? In the interview, Charles encourages people to be “perpetual explorers”. To “dream the impossible and make it practical”. In these unprecedented times, he highlights the importance of “storytelling” and the “soul” of an organisation.
Who is Charles? Charles is a social philosopher and management guru, often considered as one of the world’s most influential thinkers. From our perspective, Charles is a long term friend. He is one of the very special people that have very generously contributed their time on a voluntary basis since we were established six years ago. Charles has given wise guidance throughout. When conducting the interview we asked: ”how would you like us to refer to you”? Charles replied: “as your Thought Leadership Advisor”.
How can we lead our way through change in the coronavirus world? We will host a webinar focused on this topic on Tuesday 21st April at 12pm - 1:30pm UK time. You are very welcome. Click here to see the agenda. And here to register for the event. On Monday, we’ll circulate a paper that Professor Sharon Turnbull has written to whet your appetite.
How can you contribute to an emergency response? How can you contribute to an emergency response? We collaborate with a small NGO in Tamil Nadu called Children Watch. We were initially introduced by Kemal (Shaheen), Director of Paper Boat, a strategic partner that also works with Children Watch. Various Advisors have contributed to Children Watch, including Usha (Ladwa-Thomas). Usha has been inspirational in recent days in instigating an appeal to assist the emergency response to the COVID-19 outbreak that Children Watch is making. Very vulnerable communities are receiving very important support from Children Watch. We want to do our best to help. At the time of writing, over £3,250 has already been raised as a result of individuals generously making donations. If you would like to consider supporting this emergency appeal, please click here to learn more.
Have a great week!
Rosie, Lorna and Ian