Session two @ Catalyst brought us Malcolm Gladwell. Malcolm has been a staff writer with The New Yorker Magazine since 1996. In 2005 He was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people. He’s the author of three New York Times best-selling book. And his talk was strong. Here are some of the scuds:
Miscalibration = thinking you know more than you actually know (overconfidence). - Miscalibration is worse than incompetence.
- Incompetence irritates me. Overconfidence scares me.
- When we’re trapped by our overconfidence, the world around us can change and we won’t even see it.
- When we start to get good at something we tend to believe we are better than we actually are.
- Sign of an overconfident leader: When the leader stops listening to those around him—cuts himself off from feedback.
- There is no room for pride or arrogance in life.
- In times of crisis we think we need daring and bold decisions from our leaders.
- In times of crisis what we need from our leaders is humility.
- Humility is the ability and willingness to listen to others.
- Leadership has to become collective after a certain point (a church of 120 is different than a church of 180 and it requires a different approach to leadership).
I highly recommend Malcolm’s books: The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. Here’s an Amazon link: Malcolm on Amazon
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