Posts by Dr. Marianne de Pierres

How to Optimise Our Harmonious Passion at Work

Bring your life – to life “Passion is the absolute unity of individual character and the universal.” Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel When famous philosopher Hegel (1770–1831) wrote about passion, he argued that nothing great in the world had been accomplished without...

Seizing Our Regenerative Agency 

Seizing Our Regenerative Agency As we live through Industry 5.0 — described as resilient, human-centered, and sustainable — and move towards the AI revolution of Industry 6.0, we are being called to deepen our commitment to a more regenerative way of living and working...

Is Versatile Leadership Wise Leadership?

Leadership today is exacting. Whichever management book or article you read, the skill sets required to succeed, seem endless. Mantles such as service, adaptive, agile, transformational, horizontal, regenerative, creative, and vertical leadership are just a few of an exhausting list,...

From Adaptation to Innovation: The Power of Ambidexterity and Radical Optionality

Ambidexterity Ambidextrous organisations (meaning: efficient today while adapting to tomorrow’s demands) are identified by their ability to exploit existing competencies as well as explore new opportunities, with equal skill. Generally speaking, their ambidexterity is intentionally activated by a vision and a...

Influencing Up

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” Dr Stephen Covey. We know from many studies that the key to our enjoyment of work is the sense that we are being listened to,...

How Can AI Help You Lead More Like a Human?

While AI is being used to uncover patterns and make predictions in organisations, it’s also increasingly making managerial decisions. And this trend appears to be accelerating with the emergence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, which is writing ever larger...