by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 17, 2012 | Culture
The current Terence Conran exhibition at the London Design Museum reminds us of the startling impact that Habitat had on the tastes and lifestyles of Britons in the 1960s. As The Guardian’s video contribution to the current wave of Conran reportage says, ‘He...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 12, 2012 | Leaders from History
Abraham Lincoln, at a truly critical moment in American history, presented to a troubled and divided nation a clear and commanding vision: that the United States of America was ‘a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 11, 2012 | Leaders from History
One of the most difficult tasks that a leader may face is to change the engrained ‘mood’ of an organisation; its very culture. South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, who, after his release and his later election as president of a country that had voted for the first...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 4, 2012 | Leadership Ideas
Change involves risk, and there will never be enough information to guarantee that you have made the right decision. At some point, leaders must trust their accumulated experience and their gut instinct and seize the moment. Making decisions is the defining...
