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In his new book, Dr. Heemsbergen shows that the best insights into
leadership can come not from what leaders are thinking, but from how leaders
think. The author suggests a fresh approach to how leaders can think, and
describes the necessary processes and tools required to improve the leader's
capability in volatile and complex times. Leveraging extensive research
findings and observations, the author makes some unexpected connections
between: brain research and how leaders think; the artistic process; our
knowledge of the nonconscious; and leadership development.
Heemsbergen, a psychologist, university lecturer and developer of leaders uses
powerful metaphor tools from artistic practice and brain research to help
leaders probe deeply into their perceptions, thoughts and emotions and uncover
those things that they don't even know, they don't know. There is much that
goes on in the mind that we're not aware of, and most of what influences what
leaders say and do, occurs below the water line of the iceberg at the
nonconscious level. That's why need new methods, techniques and tools are
required to get at what leaders don't know they know.
Leaders also need to develop a "beginner's mind", become better sensors and see
things with fresh eyes. Much of what leaders do in organizations is based on
the idea of finding the right answer to a question. Unfortunately it is often
assumed there is only one right answer, and we do not need to think about the
topic further. In real life, much of what is known is in a state of flux,
waiting for a new bit of evidence to modify the knowledge
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