by David Goldring | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s a given that when we become too egotistical, our leadership suffers. From Enron to Iraq, we all know stories of how leaders driven by excessive ego have brought their teams, and indeed countries, to the edge and beyond in a tireless quest to win at all...
by David Goldring | Oct 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
My friend had this image on my screen when his youngest son Joshua asked “Is that Dr. Who’s box”. The AA Box He explained to him that when daddy was a child (in the 1960s!) motorists aspired to have a key to the various “Automobile Association (AA) Boxes” up and down...
by David Goldring | Sep 16, 2011 | Education, Leadership, Learning, Lumina, Uncategorized
It’s been an exhilarating experience being part of the new Free School experiment sweeping the UK – we’re a community with the opportunity to build a school that reflects our values and ethos, and this week the doors of Eden Primary opened. Ziggy (our four year old)...
by David Goldring | Jul 19, 2011 | Article, Happiness, Leadership, Lumina
When a colleague you respect recommends a book on accountability you can take it the wrong way and ignore him, or go to Amazon and buy it. That’s what I did and the book was almost finished by the weekend. It led me to consider the issue of accountability....
by David Goldring | Jun 9, 2011 | Article, Leadership, Lumina, Uncategorized
50 years on from Carl Jung’s death, it was interesting to read the BBC’s Mark Vernon reflecting on how Jung would see the world today. As the father of modern personality tests and a pioneer in helping humans see the importance of “delving deep”,...
