Welcome to the first edition of the Inquirer, coming to you from Public Leadership Inquiry (Steve Turner, Robin Ryde, Sue Duncan and Julian Powe).
In this edition, there are three short bulletins, each of which takes only a few minutes to read:
The value of error. Recent research argues that we are wrong about being wrong, and that error is both a given and a gift for organisations striving to become more agile...more
Innovation and agility that you don’t expect. 75% of successful innovation efforts come from unplanned activities. Leaders interested in fostering innovation will want to pay particular attention to encouraging informal, unplanned ‘organic’ interactions...more
Leadership tools and mindset of crisis management. Public service models for agile organisations have been strongly shaped by experiences of responding to major crises...more
In these lean, challenging times, moments for reflection are at a premium. Our intent with the Inquirer is regularly to offer short, nourishing bulletins highlighting insights, ideas and new research in support of agile leadership and the development of lean, agile organisations. And we are very conscious how breathless and demanding the leadership task is at present.
We do hope you enjoy these bulletins. Please feel free to share them with colleagues and to join the continuing conversation amongst leaders at Public Leadership Inquiry on www.publicleadershipinquiry.co.uk. And, if you have another spare moment, do please let us have your views on this first edition and particularly how we could improve the Inquirer in the coming weeks and months.
With all good wishes,
Public Leadership Inquiry