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Why The Survival of Companies Depends on How We See Them

Have you founded your company 20 years ago or do you know someone who did? Well, statistically, this company is moving towards its end. If we want organizations to develop well, we all need to realize that it is us who make organizations exactly what and how they are. If we want them to be different, we have to start with ourselves and change. Here is how…

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Leading with Authority? Oh, yes, Please!

Authority doesn’t sound smooth. But as leaders we will desperately need it to lead through uncertainty. Here are my thoughts on authority, what it really means and how to recognize it.

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There comes a moment when what has always worked quietly stops working. That's where we meet.

Founders, leaders, investors, municipalities, or restless changemakers. Different responsibilities and different realities. But they all feel the same urgency for change. Our work might take the form of a long-term advisory relationship, a strategic engagement, a conversation over tea, or a keynote that changes the perspective in the room. The format depends on your situation and the work we can do together.

SERVICE

  • Strategic & project-based work with organizations, governments, investors, and municipalities. Rigorous, grounded, and always connected to what's actually happening in real life.

  • Deep 1:1 work, all about you and what moves you. We go to the edges of what you're building or becoming, or seeking inspiration for. I am your thought partner. And when it's needed, I give you the advice that doesn't soften the truth.

  • Speaking on my favorites: humanity in the economy, community economy development, community capital, economies in transition, the forces that shape them, and what leadership looks like when the ground is shifting.

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