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One of the key elements of the Distributed Leadership is the concept of Sensemaking…which, simply put, is making sense of the environment in which we find ourselves. And it is one of the key elements, I would suggest, that is needed in an election campaign. When you think about it, it seems pretty logical that understanding the environment in which you find yourself  is pretty key to winning an election…what is the mood of the public, what is their state of readiness for change, what things are important to them etc. But the thing is, all sides of politics seems to be chronically bad at it….and I think part of the reason is their excessive fascination with opinion polls.

Now don’t get me wrong, opinion polls are no doubt a very valuable tool. But they are just that…a tool, and one of many ways of establishing an understanding of the circumstances they are facing. At the moment, however, they seem to be being used as the definitive answer to a complete understanding of the environment. Unfortunately good sensemaking is much more than that. (more…)

I’m not sure exactly why I like this article by Peter Bregman so much…I’ve been trying to give it some context in my mind but I’m struggling a bit…and I’m not sure exactly how it applies to leadership either. Well I have some vague, not fully-formed thoughts about how it might but I’m finding it a little bit hard to articulate. So I’m just going to blurt some stuff out and leave you to connect whatever dots you choose do.

I think the idea of deliberately pursuing boredom to stimulate creativity is so simple and yet so inherently sensible. I like the way Bregman finds the positives in something we are all taught to avoid. As he says… (more…)