Journal

My journal is a place to express my thoughts about what I do. The entries you see here are prompted by client scenarios or the ideas that inform my work. I hope they may be useful to those who are trying to find out about me or who want stimulus for their own thinking.

Lucy Ball Director of Lucy Ball Consulting

What should I do?

In a parable written by Leo Tolstoy in 1885 called the Three Questions, a King decides that he will never fail if he knows the…

The power of three

Three has been my favourite number since I was a girl; I liked the curves. Three is the number of items I can remember before…

I don’t know

At the station this morning, a dapper looking gentleman was wearing a pin badge on his coat. It said on it simply I don’t know. He…

Where is leadership?

Much leadership development attention has and still is focused on leadership competencies and leadership qualities. I believe this unhelpfully perpetuates the notion that leadership exists…

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