Recently I’ve come across the fascinating comparison of conscious leadership to the qualities of bamboo. It started with a series of fantastic videos by Barrett Brown talking about the findings from his doctoral thesis on conscious leadership (see the clip on ‘bamboo leadership’). It’s worth watching the entire series of clips on Vimeo relating to his work on conscious leadership, post-conventional leadership, integral thinking and sustainability. He somehow makes a complex field easy to understand! The Bamboo Leader post by Wendy Appel (http://www.wendyappel.com/the-bamboo-leader/) is another fascinating find and the link here takes you to her post in its entirety. She has a great way of considering the qualities of the bamboo plant and how these […]