Leading Wisely. Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

seems to be dependent on the outcome of the race between the growing power of our technology vis-à-vis the wisdom of how to use it. How we can ensure that wisdom will ‘win’ will ultimately be our real challenge.

      Thus, my question to you, the reader, is what have you done recently with respect to the wisdom equation? What activities are you involved in – even if it is only baby steps – towards the pursuit of wisdom? If you are in a leadership position, what are you doing presently to improve people's lives in the organization/community/society you are working in? Furthermore, in trying to make your contribution towards a more liveable world, what are you doing to make sure that wisdom is going to ‘win’?

Notes

      1 1 Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries (2014). Death and the executive: Encounters with the “stealth” motivator, Organizational Dynamics, 43 (4), 247–256.

      2 2 Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries (2021). Quo Vadis? The Existential Challenges of Leaders. London: Palgrave.