For half a century, organizational consultant Katherine Tyler Scott has built her practice around one question: why. She unpacks how inner work and self-differentiation help leaders move beyond surface fixes to uncover the root causes shaping their organizations and communities.
What can Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Rey teach us about leading in the real world? More than you might think. Five leadership lessons from a galaxy far, far away.
Interdependent networks help organizations continuously adapt and thrive long-term, even in the face of the worst disruptions.
In 2025 the world feels like a very divided place. The capacity to listen, empathize, and learn from alternative perspectives is eroded, as is the potential to build lasting and effective partnerships and collaboration to address the “wicked” problems we face, not just as individuals, but as members of interconnected and interdependent systems on which we all depend. It’s time we led together.
Too often scientists and activists lead the way in advocating change, not the political and corporate leaders who actually have the power and authority to effect change. What role, though, does the leadership industry play in challenging leaders to address political, social, and economic systems that are inequitable and unsustainable?
ILA Fellow Suze Wilson argues the growing influence of mis- and dis-information creates an increasingly hostile context for leaders, warranting more attention from those engaged in leadership research, development, and practice for the greater good.
ILA Fellow Katherine Tyler Scott explores what is needed to equip leaders with the temperament and capacities necessary to lead whilst in the grip of shadow times.
Leaders can learn to lead from a place of stillness – recognizing their own potential to react to situations and seeking to be free of clouded judgement by remaining open and aware of what is happening.
Leah Tomkins joins those who advocate for the importance of leading with care. She surfaces why the language and emotions of care often make people feel uncomfortable and how this can make care seem irrelevant or unnecessary for leadership and leadership development.
Rocks are referred to frequently in leadership literature — from “bedrocks” to “big rocks” and “touchstones” to “cornerstones.” In Aotearoa, rocks occupy an important space in Māori culture. Professor Chellie Spiller opens a window on this Indigenous wisdom, raising intriguing questions for leaders on the role rocks play in their organizations and their practice of leadership.
Chellie Spiller discusses the important role leaders have in cultivating and nourishing the vibe or mauri (life force, vital essence) of an organization and of tending to the wellbeing of people, communities, and economies.
The 2022 World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report reveals that global experts and leaders are worried. Key indicators like social cohesion and mental health have worsened under the pandemic. Erwin Schwella shares a leadership model that attempts to make sense of and deal with complex societal challenges such as these in analytical and active ways.