Claire writes: ‘”Great leaders have time to think” – an observation I made whilst facilitating a day with some NHS leaders last week. It landed far more powerfully than I expected.  They were extremely resourceful in the way they worked together on the day.  The gap in their leadership capability is not ability. It is thinking time.

We are in an emerging world at work, where entrepreneurial skill is increasingly required by leaders and others as they engage within and outside their organisations.  I try and spend two days a week on business development and reading. And from time to time I make sure that we also spend time with people who are creative thinkers, and with whom conversations will spark off ideas and creative thinking.  We call them incubator friends – where seeds and ideas are planted or germinate. Whether we need customers or a future of any kind with our stakeholders, we need to think.

So how much time do you need to commit to thinking?  And who will help you think at your best? Think about it…’

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And a complete tangent: If, like us, you like making up words, you can now sponsor your made up word to help children with communication difficulties. Our word for 2011 was disfluent.  This year’s may become robosity – the ability to be robust!