Create Mental Space to Be a Wiser Leader

Business rewards the busy “doing mode” over the thoughtful “spacious mode,” but spaciousness can enable better collaboration and decisions.

In the face of alarming political polarization, environmental degradation, pressure to acquire the latest emerging technology, and unrelenting, divergent stakeholder expectations, these times call for leaders to engage in collective, thoughtful, and wise decision-making. But at a moment when leaders might see an opportunity to galvanize their teams to be at their most skillful and collaborative, we’ve observed that they are instead, often unwittingly, doing the opposite.