Dancing with Uncertainty: Creativity, Leadership & the Power of Art | Margaret Heffernan
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Why the future belongs to the imaginative — what leaders can learn from art.
In this rich and provocative conversation, Tracey Camilleri welcomes best-selling author, entrepreneur, and professor Margaret Heffernan to talk about her latest book, Embracing Uncertainty: How Writers, Musicians, and Artists Thrive in an Unpredictable World.
Together they explore how creativity — long undervalued in our data-obsessed, STEM-centric culture — might just be the most essential leadership skill of all. From the dangers of over-measuring what matters, to what leaders can learn from poets, painters, and protest artists, Margaret makes a compelling case for rediscovering the human capacity for imagination and curiosity in uncertain times.
Expect insights on:
• Why “efficiency” may be your organisation’s biggest weakness
• What drawing someone’s face can teach you about leadership
• How to stop being a “dancing bear” in your own life
• The deep social intelligence embedded in the arts
• And why we should beware the seductive illusion of certainty
This is a conversation about reclaiming our agency, attention, and creative courage — in work, in leadership, and in life.
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The Collective Intelligence podcast is hosted by Tracey Camilleri and Sam Rockey, founders and directors of Thompson Harrison.
Contact details in the Links section below.
In this rich and provocative conversation, Tracey Camilleri welcomes best-selling author, entrepreneur, and professor Margaret Heffernan to talk about her latest book, Embracing Uncertainty: How Writers, Musicians, and Artists Thrive in an Unpredictable World.
Together they explore how creativity — long undervalued in our data-obsessed, STEM-centric culture — might just be the most essential leadership skill of all. From the dangers of over-measuring what matters, to what leaders can learn from poets, painters, and protest artists, Margaret makes a compelling case for rediscovering the human capacity for imagination and curiosity in uncertain times.
Expect insights on:
• Why “efficiency” may be your organisation’s biggest weakness
• What drawing someone’s face can teach you about leadership
• How to stop being a “dancing bear” in your own life
• The deep social intelligence embedded in the arts
• And why we should beware the seductive illusion of certainty
This is a conversation about reclaiming our agency, attention, and creative courage — in work, in leadership, and in life.
******
The Collective Intelligence podcast is hosted by Tracey Camilleri and Sam Rockey, founders and directors of Thompson Harrison.
Contact details in the Links section below.
