Part III — Participation · 11
Leading in Motion
The leadership chapter proper. Leading in motion is described as maintaining orientation for others while the ground is still moving — closer to navigation than to command.
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The question it turns on
What does leadership consist of when the situation will not hold still?
Concepts in this chapter
- Orientation Points
- Stay · Sense · Shape
- Small moves
- Leverage
Where the argument is contested
Adaptive leadership can become a licence for perpetual improvisation. The book insists that judgement is formed and disciplined, not spontaneous.
To sit with
- — What is the smallest move that would tell you most about this situation?
- — Which of your Orientation Points still hold, and which are habit?