As Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper so eloquently put it, you manage things and lead people. “Amazing Grace”, as she was fondly known, certainly led in her own style.
A brilliant mathematician, computer scientist and Naval officer, her view on change is admirable, “humans are allergic to change. They love to say, ‘we’ve always done it this way.’ I try to fight that. That’s why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.”
She was definitely a lateral thinker, someone who didn’t just accept the status quo. A healthy sign of an excelling leader.
As a leader, how have you applied lateral thinking in your work environment?
GAICD, M.Comp (Monash)
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