The Four Quadrants of Integral Thinking

Leaders often focus on numbers, things, strategies, and teams without seeing the full picture. But what if there was a simple framework to balance personal mental models and insights, team culture and dynamics, individual performance, and organisational systems? Enter the four-quadrant model from integral thinking: A practical tool that enables us to use four interconnected […]

Understanding Worldviews: A Practical Guide for Business Cohesion

Running, operating, and leading a business is never just about strategy and execution. Beneath every conversation and decision is something deeper, the worldviews shaping how people make sense of events, relationships, and possibilities. These worldviews act as developmental lenses that influence values, motivations, and choices. They are hidden until we learn to recognise them. Research […]

Froggatt on Leading and Disruption

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Regret and Being Bold

Introduction: The Cost of Hesitation There is a silent arithmetic behind regret. Not dramatic failure, but the slow accumulation of inaction. A conversation not had. A risk avoided. A step never taken. In the absence of boldness, life shrinks—not all at once, but gradually, invisibly. As observers and participants in our own lives, we are […]

The Collapse of Applications into Agents

The Collapse of Applications into Agents: Why Organisations Must Rethink Software Executive Summary Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently made a bold claim: “The application layer is collapsing into agents.” This isn’t just tech jargon—it’s a signal that the way organizations use software is about to change fundamentally. AI-driven agents, capable of automating complex tasks and […]

From Vision to Action

When Alignment Fails, and What You Can Do About It The Problem: When Organisations Underperform The Pattern We See Everywhere It’s Not About Effort People aren’t failing because they’re not trying. They’re missing the connecting tissue, the glue, the sense making between vision and action. Trust. Agreements. Alignment. Practices. In over three decades of working […]

The Breath of Presence

This article introduces a simple but powerful practice to begin shifting that: the psychological sigh. Used regularly, it becomes a gateway to embodiment, helping leaders return to presence, calm the physiological response to pressure, and meet each moment with more resourcefulness.

The Basic Emotional Palette

this is a primer; a starting framework. Emotions are not obstacles to reason. They are essential to it. Antonio Damasio, Descartes Emotions are among the most underutilised channels of leadership intelligence. They are not merely reactions or private experiences—they are signals from within the self and between people that can reveal, correct, align, and transform. […]

Beyond the Mirror

Introduction: The Split Between Who We Are and How We Appear Leaders today often find themselves trapped in a game of impressions—curating their image to meet expectations, navigating perception as if it were reality itself. But this is more than a branding issue; it is a profound psychological divide that undermines both the individual and […]