Mike Watson – författare

Organizational resilience and adaptability have never beenmore important; however, few leaders are truly prepared to lead through crisis.Rise Up: Leadership Habits for Turbulent Times is acall to action for leaders to accept that many of their habits diminish the resilienceof their organizations and to commit to a plan that will reposition them as twenty-first-centuryleaders.  In this engaging and thought-provoking guide, authors AliGrovue and Mike Watson present six distinct yet deeply interconnected habitsthat all leaders must adopt: Trust, Inquisitiveness, Humility, Optimism,Courage, and Discipline. Embracing these habits will help create a high-functioningculture where employees feel enabled to be the best versions of themselves inpursuit of a common, noble goal. The habits are also foundational to atransformative and enduring strategy, one that is developed and owned not bythe leader, but by everyone within the organization. Brought to life through real-life examples taken from Grovueand Watson’s work as strategic leadership advisers in business and sport, andcombined with intelligence from academic and psychological research, Rise Upprovides leaders with a clear, insightful, and actionable path to buildingorganizations that can adapt—and even thrive—despite hard times.

Memetic Nature serves as an introduction to key thinkers of the Frankfurt School as they relate to issues around our estrangement from nature and digital media. The works of Adorno, Marcuse, and Benjamin will be assessed in their possible usefulness to the challenges of 21st Century media and its empowering and controlling effects.