Tag Archives: Leaves

Humility as Action

Posted on January 19, 2023 by julianstodd

I walked in the orchard with River at the weekend: he is old enough now to remember that there was a ‘last year’, and that last year we saw the apples hanging from the trees. I had plucked one down … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: Renewal and Loss

Posted on January 7, 2019 by julianstodd

Social Leadership represents a systemic approach, leadership within an ecosystem. But not leadership through hierarchy, formal authority, and sanction, but rather leadership through permission, consensus, and complex collaboration. It is not an alternative to more formal styles, but rather a … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership Leaves: Tokens, Totems, Rituals, and Gift

Posted on September 10, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m visiting my friend Imogen today, a wonderful potter, in her new studio, to discuss creating some Social Leadership leaves: these will be small ceramic pieces, representing the leaves of Social Leadership Trees, and carrying personal messages. These are pieces … Continue reading →

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Leaves

Posted on October 22, 2015 by julianstodd

Stomping through London yesterday in the rain: dodging pedestrians now complicated by the necessity of jumping puddles. I glance down to see the leaves underfoot, glazed to the wet pavement, coloured shadows against the grey stone. Autumn is turning, or … Continue reading →

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