We usually move into the new year with one night of celebration, take a deep breath and dive into the next year. On a personal level this might include a few new resolutions and organisationally we go through a process of prioritising and planning for the year ahead. The problem with this is that we assume that we have left the previous year behind us, but it doesn’t work that way does it? All the challenges and upsets that we had last year linger and affect our view of how t

Since watching this video a few months ago, I think of Ricardo every time I discuss leadership and organisational design with clients. He demonstrates what it looks like to choose the leader you show up as each day. He also makes clear the extraordinary generative effect of being clear about purpose, in his case creating an environment for wisdom. Staying connected to the 'why' has enabled him to be unattached to the 'how' and 'what' leaving him free to be creative, agile, in