How Great Leaders Achieve The Impossible

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Impossible is not for great leaders. It is for those who are not willing to do the work.

If you are willing to do the work, you can achieve the impossible.

‘If you’re going to find the treasure in complexity, you have to have the tools to see substance in the darkness.’

‘Leading in the era of the mathematical corporation means learning to treasure the detail in systems you never quite knew before.’

‘Tackling complexity without the tools and skills to master it, however, is about as appetizing as digging into a mountain of spaghetti without a fork.’

Machine intelligence is the tool for discovering what nobody could see before, at lower cost, and fast enough to save money on non productive time.’

When you change your thinking– at the top, middle, and bottom of the organization- people will make not just incremental improvements but breakthrough gains.’

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‘Scientific leaders do not excel because of how much they know but because of how much they inquire about what they don’t know.’

‘Information does not inspire action. Emotions do.’

Machine learning is not just a learning tool. It’s also a tool for approximation, prediction, and creating original understanding that enhances leaders’ higher level capabilities to imagine the future and to thrive in it.’

Without a story, you risk losing people in the flow of what can seem like geeky experiments. The story convinces people in new ideas, acquire new skills, and launch new efforts, whatever the headaches, to make a great transformation happen.’

‘How does the public know the organization has taken the high-road? Only through transparency.’

Source:

Josh Sullivan and Angela Zutavern (2017). The Mathematical Corporation: Where Machine Intelligence + Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible

10 ‘Essential Skills You Need To Be A Leader’

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Leadership is not about being perfect. It is about being okay with your imperfections.

It is about making peace with yourself. It is about showing up for yourself. It is about building a community. It is about nurturing your people.

It is about beating your own path. According to Jo Owen, ‘If you follow the herd, you will never get ahead of the herd.’

‘It takes great self-confidence, self-awareness and humility to admit to not being good at things.’

‘It is greenest where it rains the most.’

‘Your career is a marathon, not a sprint.’

‘Boxes are for the dead, not the living.’

‘Th best way to communicate is to shut up.’

‘You can drive performance better by focusing on development.’

‘Fighting emotions with reason is like fighting fire with petrol.’

‘No leader gets ticks in all boxes.’

‘Honesty is not just about morals and ethics. It’s about survival.’

Source:

Jo Owen (2021). The Leadership Skills Handbook: 100 Essential Skills You Need To Be A Leader