everything'sconnected

the titanic sunk breakingin two on the surface ofthe north atlantic oceanand poor quality rivetsholding it together were

root causes not thecaptain's racing. Paying asmuch attention to smallmission critical things

prevents rapidinterconnected cascades of

failure and breakdown

"zen pretty much comesdown to three things -everything changes,everything is connected;pay attention"- jane hirshfield

"learn how to see.realise everything isconnected" Da Vinci

"you can't connect

the dots lookingforward; you can onlyconnect them looking

backwards"- steve jobs

"human happiness and moralduty are inseparably connected

- george washington

science says all the elements onearth were cooked up in the big bangso they have to all be connected at

some level albeit not obviously

if everything is connected that means success in one place leads to success in otherones and growth in one area can drive out large cumulative returns everywhere

growing complexity means greater connectedness and small changes in one placecan lead to big ones elsewhere. similarly, failure in one can trigger failureseverywhere

leadership's purpose or holy grail ...Like no two employees are the same - no two bosses are either.

And being a boss isn't for everyone. Attention to the bigger pictureis important but losing sight of the small things can be

catastrophic. Leadership's ultimate purpose is to align, developand mobilise people with the fabric of the business (technology

and business processes) to meet with strategies or growthexpectations