Dr. Pippa Malmgren — Why Leadership Has Gone Wrong (EP.167)
Infinite Loops
The Peter Principle and the Inner Circle
Leaders tend to develop a co-toury of trusted insiders that come with them. That also means you're not getting fresh information, she says. "It's quite often trust because it's comfortable and truth is uncomfortable most of the time"
Dr. Pippa Malmgren is an economist, founder, keynote speaker & award-winning author. She served President George W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President and on the National Economic Council. She was responsible for financial market issues during the Enron crisis, and was responsible for assessing terrorism risks to the economy after 9/11. She has also advised the US Cabinet. Dr. Pippa’s most recent book, the Infinite Leader, won the International Press Award for the Best Book on Leadership for 2021. Dr. Pippa joins the show to discuss why leadership has gone wrong, what she thinks of the recent UFO news, why we’re already in World War III, and a whole lot more! Important Links:
Show Notes:
- Why leadership has gone wrong
- Worldbuilding & the difference between management and leadership
- Why leaders always stay too long
- Balancing trust vs truth
- Confidence vs competence
- Balance, surfing & Taoism
- Numbers, stories & UFOs
- Reality belief systems: "It's not only stranger than we think, it's stranger than we can think.”
- How psychedelics impact how we understand reality
- What Pippa would include in her leadership academy
- Bailouts, inflation & CBDCs
- We are already in World War III
- Creating a hug movement
- MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
- The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership; by Chris Lewis & Dr. Pippa Malmgren
- The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century; by Chris Lewis & Dr. Pippa Malmgren
- Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World's Turbulent Economy; by Dr. Pippa Malmgren
- Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life; by Rory Sutherland
- Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders; by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
- Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
- The Rig Veda
- Prometheus Rising; by Robert Anton Wilson
- Wholeness and the Implicate Order; by David Bohm
- Orthodoxy; by G. K. Chesterton
mgren is an economist, founder, keynote speaker & award-winning author. She served President George W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President and on the National Economic Council. She was responsible for financial market issues during the Enron crisis, and was responsible for assessing terrorism risks to the economy after 9/11. She has also advised the US Cabinet. Dr. Pippa’s most recent book, the Infinite Leader, won the International Press Award for the Best Book on Leadership for 2021. Dr. Pippa joins the show to discuss why leadership has gone wrong, what she thinks of the recent UFO news, why we’re already in World War III, and a whole lot more! Important Links:
Show Notes:
- Why leadership has gone wrong
- Worldbuilding & the difference between management and leadership
- Why leaders always stay too long
- Balancing trust vs truth
- Confidence vs competence
- Balance, surfing & Taoism
- Numbers, stories & UFOs
- Reality belief systems: "It's not only stranger than we think, it's stranger than we can think.”
- How psychedelics impact how we understand reality
- What Pippa would include in her leadership academy
- Bailouts, inflation & CBDCs
- We are already in World War III
- Creating a hug movement
- MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
- The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership; by Chris Lewis & Dr. Pippa Malmgren
- The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century; by Chris Lewis & Dr. Pippa Malmgren
- Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World's Turbulent Economy; by Dr. Pippa Malmgren
- Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life; by Rory Sutherland
- Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders; by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
- Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
- The Rig Veda
- Prometheus Rising; by Robert Anton Wilson
- Wholeness and the Implicate Order; by David Bohm
- Orthodoxy; by G. K. Chesterton
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