As published in The Mandarin September 27, 2024 by John Glenn and Kylie Pezdirc If we want the best possible public sector, we need more leaders questioning what has always been done. Not to seek consensus, but to challenge it. To challenge themselves. The status quo is yesterday’s answer to today’s problem. Consensus is the…
by Kiah MD John Glenn He was inspirational, a hero, in many so many ways. Clearly, I have an affinity, if only through the name. I was six years old when he was the first American to orbit the earth on Friendship 7, as part of the Mercury space program and the space race. I recall my…
After decades as a military officer, followed by decades in industry, I have often pondered the incongruity of clearly physically brave individuals who always lean towards safe choices in business and bureaucracies, seemingly lacking the courage to make the tough decisions. Worthy of a read is “Cultivating Everyday Courage” (James R Detert, Harvard Business Review,…
It’s what you deliver. I recently participated in a Government project review. I really liked the project manager – young, dynamic, articulate, driven – absolutely brilliant until asked what she thought her job was. To which she replied, “…to make sure this process works”. She had been captured by the process, not the project. Projects…
