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David Giles Lewis

David Giles Lewis is a business consultant, speaker, and author focused on leadership, strategy, team performance, and organizational change. He co-authored What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being a Better Leader and Mavericks: How Bold Leadership Changes the World, and was recognized on the Thinkers50 Radar in 2019.

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David Giles Lewis is a British leadership writer, consultant, and executive educator whose public biographies emphasize professional formation more than private early-life detail. What is documented is a mixed education in study and practice: public profile information lists Brunel University of London among his formal studies, while later biographies describe a career built across more than 35 years in business, consulting, entrepreneurship, and academia. Before becoming widely known as an author, he held senior roles as a managing director and head of department, grew and sold ventures in consulting and software, and developed a reputation for helping senior teams work through uncertainty. A major turning point came with his long association with London Business School, where he led executive programmes on senior leadership and strategy execution and increasingly translated classroom ideas into public thought leadership. ((https://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidgalewis))

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One of the biggest switches at this level is letting go of the things you’re good at doing
-The three stages of leadership
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To overcome experience bias you must confess to yourself, “I don’t know this!”
-What to do when you don’t know what to do
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Primarily, a diverse group of people who are engaged and feel confident enough to express their views without fear of reprisals make better decisions
-Executing strategy: it’s okay to disagree
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Self-belief is useful. But it can also be dangerous
-Be confident. Not cocksure
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It is said that a business case is a living document
-The Pessimistic Optimist's Guide to Change
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A maverick wants to make a better world and they are resourceful
-Are you brave enough to be a business maverick?
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Today, modern organisations often miss that which matters the most - their people
-Ancient wisdom for modern business leaders

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