The Positive Sum

Eight essays on how the highest-performing organisations think — a leadership philosophy built on evidence, not instinct.

• I
  The Perception Why the single highest-leverage change any leader can make is not in what they do — it is in how they see.
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• II
  The Opportunity Why the highest-performing organisations don't solve problems — they pursue opportunities.
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• III
  The Mission Why the most dangerous mission is the one you never question — and what a living hypothesis looks like instead.
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  The Laboratory Why the organisations that learn fastest don't plan better — they experiment better.
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  The Focus Why doing less isn't lazy — it's the hardest and most valuable leadership discipline.
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  The Team Why the best teams don't pass batons — they play volleyball.
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  The Respect Why the most expensive belief in business is that someone else has to lose for you to win.
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• VIII
  The Flywheel Why the question is not whether you can afford to invest in people and purpose — it's whether you can afford not to.
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