I’m a big bike rider, so I love the Tour like football fans love the World Cup. The Tour de France always begins with “The Grand Depart”. The title they... read more →
I have been a consultant for 37 years. Like all responsible consultants, I fulfill my professional duty and buy books. Many books. More than I care to admit were impulse... read more →
“Being in power makes me permanently suspicious of myself” Vaclav Havel, Speech 1991 Vaclav Havel has been a role model for me since the early 1990’s. I was enamored with... read more →
“It is not the critic who counts; not the person who points out how the strong person stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The... read more →
Sonny Rollins is probably the greatest tenor saxophone player in all of jazz. His journey from a novice 8 year-old player to today owes as much to effort as talent.... read more →
This post completes our tour of John Isaacson’s three important attributes needed to develop leadership capacity: hunger, speed and weight. Here is John’s definition of weight: “Weight concerns how someone... read more →
John Isaacson lives in Boston, Massachusetts. I have never met him, yet he has influenced both the work I do with clients and my personal life. A friend of... read more →