What if hell is your organization?
Dante didn't know he was lost until he stood in the middle of the forest. So it is with leaders who have stopped learning. A reflection on psychological safety, vulnerability trust and what is actually required.
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When we stop asking questions
On March 6, 1986, sixteen soldiers lost their lives in an avalanche during a military exercise in Vassdalen. The incident has since remained a painful memory in the Armed Forces. At the same time, it reminds us of something fundamental about leadership: Organizations learn from experience – but sometimes experience is costly.
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The right way to make mistakes – about building a learning culture
We say we learn from experience, but most of us are in a hurry to move on. What does it take for us to actually stop, reflect, and learn?
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Distraction is the new normal
Today, our ability to focus on what is happening is challenged by technology. We need to train ourselves to focus in order to be mindfully present. We need to direct our attention to our attention.
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Reflection as a management practice
I cannot teach anyone anything, I can only make them think. (Socrates 469-399 BC) Reflecting on one's own and others' behavior is important in a developmental perspective. Through reflection…
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Unleashing human knowledge in the organization
Genuine care for another person is the best aid to growth and self-realization– Milton Mayerhoff Knowledge production and knowledge processes as phenomena are as old as the oldest civilizations. Knowledge is such a…
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We need leaders who reflect in practice
The supervisor is having one of his many supervision conversations today. He is a supervisor at the Norwegian Air Force Academy and says the following about today's supervision conversation; "But then we continue the conversation. What happens is that he...
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Some reflections on leadership and death.
Life asked Death: "Why does everyone love me but hate you?" Death replied: "Because you are a beautiful lie, but I am a painful truth." It is painful to acknowledge that a central theme...
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Free your mind
How willing are you to change your perspective? Do you accept all the "truths" in the organization? How to inspire change? Join us on a little philosophical journey. Imagine that your brain has been removed from…
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Leadership as an art?
The art metaphor. In leadership, this metaphor is used extensively. Even here on the blog, it appears several times. The authors of the book Guidance in Crisis (Skarsvåg and Firing, not published) have chosen to call this…
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The moments that fade away
"Of all the ridiculous things, there is none so ridiculous as being in a hurry" -Søren Kierkegaard I am now sitting enjoying a cup of coffee at Kastrup in Copenhagen and waiting for the plane...
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The start of a journey
This journey started as a blog to write about moments in leadership. Mentoring moments. Leadership moments. Moments that create learning. Moments that change something. The journey metaphor can be used for so many things. And…
