Leadership, set to music.

Published by Tom

September 12, 2008

I am at a "leadership retreat" in St Petersburg, where we 80 or so attendees are supposed to learn not just about our industry, but how to be better leaders. The presentations so far have been interesting and the company is fascinating. Tonight we dine in some Russian palace or other. I am lucky to have such a life.

Browsing my RSS feeds before dinner I came across this video of a talk by conductor Benjamin Zander. Watch it, and I think you will agree that this man is a real leader.

http://static.videoegg.com/ted2/flash/loader.swf

h/t Café Grendel

3 responses to “Leadership, set to music.”

jameshigham

September 12, 2008

How to be better leaders? The time is coming, Tom and you’ll be needed at the helm.

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JMB

September 13, 2008

Poor you, dining at some palace or other in St Petersberg.
Splendid video. Thanks to you and the other Grendel.

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Grendel

September 13, 2008

Thanks for the H/T Tom.
Moscow looks so different to how I remember it – it was a mess when I was there in 1993.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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