Index
A
Abundance mind-set
“Abundant community”
ACC (anterior cingulate cortex)
Act Now, Apologize Later (Werbach)
Action: bold and prudent; context sensitivity role in; detached engagement in; Dr. V’s story on noble purpose application through; noble purpose pursued through; smart leadership as applying smartness to
Action orientation capability: authenticity and appropriate action elements of; bridging the integrity gap; description of; evolving wisdom toward; how wise leaders apply their; limits of smart; red versus blue zone leadership approach to; V. R. Ferose’s story on improving
Air India
Airco
Allen, Paul
Allianz Global Investors
Amygdala
“Amygdala attacks”
Anbender, Ken
Angel Network
Apotheker, Léo
Apple: camera-equipped cell phones developed by; Cook’s broadened leadership of; Fair Labor Association membership of; give and take of Bill Gates’s investment in; iPad, iPhone, and iPod products of; pragmatic partnership (1997) between Microsoft and; Steve Jobs’s decision to open retail stores for; Tim Cook’s functional smart leadership of. See also Jobs, Steve
Apple Stores: Genius Bar help desk of; phenomenonal success of; Steve Jobs’s decision to open
Appropriate action: complexity of modern world while maintaining; how wise leaders practice; limits of smart leadership for; practical wisdom as maintaining authenticity and; Steve Jobs’s authenticity but not always
Appropriate action practices: act with bold prudence; act with context sensitivity; act with integrity; align actions with noble purpose; heed intuition; maintaining equanimity while still having fun
Appropriate Response
Aravind Eye Care System (India)
Aris, Michael
Aristotle
Arthashastra (Chanakya)
Aung San
Aurolab (Aravind Eye Care System)
Authentic
Authentic Leadership (George)
Authentic parenting
Authenticity: aligning your North Star with leadership; bridging the integrity gap; complexity of modern life while maintaining; context sensitivity to maintain; courage to follow your own; definition of; finding the source of your; leadership practice of; limits of smart leadership for; role clarity capability performed with; Steve Jobs’s
Authentic ethics
B
Bagchi, Subroto
Balakrishnan
Bank of England
Barclays’ LIBOR scandal
Barrett, Craig
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Baumeister, Roy F.
Being-doing gap
Bentley University
Better World Books
Bhagavad Gita
Bhatt, Om Prakash
Bhutan
Biased decision making
Big picture: blue zone focus on short-term perspective instead of; decision-making discernment by factoring in the; red zone focus on the; reframing the situation by using the. See also Holistic thinking
Bigger pie concept
BIGSOFT story
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Biocon
Bleeke, Joel
Block, Peter
Bloomberg
Blue zone: cautious decision making of the; comparing perspective of red and; fixed mind-set of; functional smart leadership trend toward the; identifying your own tendency toward red or; leader tendency to take too little risk in; leadership capabilities as approached by leaders in the; mentoring those who operate in the; motivation and self-interest of leaders in the; resistance to new ideas; role clarity capability limitations of; self-assessment of your thinking as; short-term goals focus of; Tim Cook beginning to broaden his. See also Functional smart leaders
Boeing
Boeing
Bold prudent action
Books for Africa
Brain: ACC (anterior cingulate cortex) of the; decision-making quality affected by amygdala of the; DLPFC (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) of the; frontal cortex regions of the; research on decision-making processes and the
Brain research: on chemicals released when faced with adversity; on decision-making processes; on how anticipatory anxiety negatively impacts decision-making
Bridging the integrity gap: building credibility for; commitment for; courage to “be who we are”
Browett, John
Buddhism: gross national happiness (GNH) developed out of values of; mindfulness idea of; surrendering as requiring will and grace according to. See also Eastern traditions
Buffett, Warren
Built to Last (Collins and Porras)
Bumblebee’s flight
Burns, Ursula
Burson-Marsteller’s social responsibility survey
Business smart leaders: authenticity and appropriate action limits for; being overly attached to their creations; big picture view of life by; Bill Gates as an exemplar of; comparing functional and; focus and characteristics of; fortitude capability approach by; noble purpose beliefs of; red set of filters used by; tendency to roll back predecessor’s decisions by; visionary and strategic perspective of; winner-take-all mentality of. See also Red zone; Smart leaders
Business smartness: appreciating the limitations of; complementary nature of functional and
BusinessWeek
C
Cameron, David
Campbell, Joseph
Campbell Soup Company
Canon
Capability maturity model (CMM level 5) certification
Carnegie Mellon University
Centre for Bhutan Studies (Bhutan)
Chanakya
Change: Bill Gates’s transformational; draw on collective willpower for transformational; as the only constant in business; XCo’s cultivation of wise leadership through culture. See also Shifting perspective
CharityFocus (now ServiceSpace)
China Airlines
Choksi, Mehul
Christensen, Clayton
Chrysler
Churchill, Winston
Claremont College
Clinton, Hillary
Coaching: connecting with noble purpose through; how wise leaders engage in; Mithya Wheel tool used in decision making
Cocreating sustainable value
Collaboration: Abraham Lincoln’s abilities for; cultivating role clarity through; flexible fortitude as team effort through; leadership ability to both command and do; partner networks survey (2012) on role of self-interest in; Procter & Gamble’s strategy for shared innovation; wisdom logic discovery facilitated through; wise leaders’ capacity for
Collective willpower concept
Collins, Jim
Comco wise cross-functional teams
Command-and-collaborate leadership style
Command-and-control leadership style
Commitment gap: bridging the; description of
Communities of the Future
Compassion
“Compassionate capitalism”
Competition: business smart winner-take-all mentality of; cocreating sustainable value instead of; how holistic thinking helps anticipate; moving toward enlightened self-interest from zero-sum; partner relationships versus zero-sum; zero-sum game approach to
Competitive advantage: cocreating sustainable value for; turning diversity of employees into
ComputerWorld magazine
Conant, Doug
Conscious capitalism concept
Conscious Capitalism, Inc.
The Container Store
Contegrity
Context sensitivity: appropriate action by acting with; balancing groundedness with; as foundation for wise leadership; as key attribute of taking action; maintaining authenticity through; for maintaining balance between authenticity and appropriateness; making decisions without; openness element of having; wise decision making consideration of
Contextual clarity
Cook, Tim: beginning to broaden his blue perspective; functional smart leadership of; Jobs’s succession by; speculating what triggered changed perspective of
Corporate social responsibility (CSR): Burson-Marsteller survey on consumer purchase linked to; cocreating sustainable value as practice of; enlightened self-interest demonstrated by; Gitanjali Group initiative; KPIs (key performance indicators) to measure sustainability of; touchstones or ways to focus your
Courage gap: bridging the; description of
Creativity
Credibility: bridging the saying-doing gap of; wise leaders’ authenticity and
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
D
DailyGood.com
De Niro, Robert
Decision logic capability: Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s demonstration of; description of; discernment to increase; evolving wisdom toward; increasing importance of; intuition-driven; red versus blue zone leadership approach to; smart versus wise styles of; strategies for expanding your
Decision making: blue zone versus red zone; business smart leaders’ tendency to roll back predecessor’s; discernment role in; discrimination (Viveka) role in; fortitude displayed during; Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy mandate on; intuition-driven; neurobiology and psychology of; prediction markets used for forecasting as part of; Sam Palmisano’s bold; 3Ps (passion, people, and plan) used in venture capital investment. See also Problem solving
Decision-making discernment: advantages of using; cultivate mind-set of abundance for; decide with ethical clarity; emotions and role in; factor in the larger context for; instinct role in; intuition role in; respond mindfully to events
Decisions: draw on collective willpower for transformational change; inspire others to support; revise when the context shifts; stick to appropriate
Del Missier, Jerry
Dell Computers
Deshpande, Desh
Detached engagement: description of; mindfulness to cultivate; red zone leader difficulty in executing their role with. See also Role clarity capability
Dialogue in Silence workshops
Dialogue in the Dark workshops
Diamond, Bob
Discernment: cultivate a mind-set of abundance practice of; decide with ethical clarity practice of; definition of; description of decision making with; emotion used to make decisions with; factoring in the larger context as; instinct used to make decisions with; intuition used to make decisions with; respond mindfully to events practice of
Discrimination (Viveka)
Disney ABC Television Group
Disraeli, Benjamin
Divergent thinking
DLPFC (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex)
Dorobji Tata Trust
Dweck, Carol
E
Eastern traditions: discrimination (Viveka) according to; mindfulness; servant leadership roots in; spiritual wisdom found in; surrendering as requiring will and grace according to; swabhiman (self-respect). See also Buddhism; Hinduism
Einstein, Albert
Eli Lilly
Ellison, Larry
Emotional engagement. See Detached engagement
Emotional memory
Emotions: creativity increased by positive; decision-making discernment role of; decision-making role of
Empathy
Energy Project
Enlightened self-interest: business perspective of; cultivating; examples of leaders moving toward
Enlightened self-interest levels: Level 0: Zero-Sum Game (1 + 1 = 0) of; Level 1: Give and Take (1 + 1 = 2) of; Level 2: Making the Pie Bigger (1 + 1 = 3) of; Level 3: The Rising Tide Lifts All Boats (1 + 1 = 11)
Equanimity
Ethical clarity: fostering flexible fortitude through; Steve Jobs’s demonstration of; of Tata Hotels’ leadership; wise leader decision making exhibiting
Ethical pragmatism: authentic and subjective ethics and; description of; wise leaders’ ability to exhibit ethical clarity and
Exercises. See Self-assessment exercises
Experiential learning programs
Exxon Mobil
F
“Failing successfully”
Fair Labor Association
Feeling-doing gap
Fernandez, Mike
Ferose, V. R.
Field of wise leadership
The Fifth Discipline (Senge)
Firms of Endearment (Sisodia)
Flexible fortitude: cultivating; description of; how wise leaders display; strategies for building. See also Fortitude capability
Flexible fortitude cultivation: demonstrate fortitude as team effort; foster flexibility through ethical clarity; harness your noble purpose; manage your energy selectively
Flexible fortitude practices: draw on collective willpower for transformational change; inspire others to support decisions; revise decisions when the context shifts; stick to decisions when appropriate
Flextronics
Florida Ice & Farm Co.
Ford Motor Company: authentic leadership of Mulally at; flexible fortitude practiced by leadership of; shifting perspective by leadership of
Forrester Research
Fortitude capability: description of; evolving wisdom toward; how motivation drives; how smart leaders approach; red versus blue zone leadership approach to; stubbornness versus; Wendy Kopp’s Teach For America as example of. See also Flexible fortitude
Frankle, Viktor
fromsmarttowise.com
Fuchs, Chris
FUD factor (fear, uncertainty, and doubt)
Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown (2011)
Functional smart leaders: authenticity and appropriate action limited for; blue set of filters used by; comparing business smart and; focus and characteristics of; fortitude capability approach by; narrow though deep view of life by; noble purpose beliefs by; sport metaphor of. See also Blue zone; Smart leaders
Functional smartness: appreciating the limitations of; complementary nature of business and
G
Galleon hedge fund
Gandhi, Mahatma
Gates, Bill: evolution from smart to wise leader by; give and take between Steve Jobs and; Giving Pledge movement developed by; life course change through noble purpose adopted by; smart leadership of; speculating what triggered changed perspective of; winner-take-all mentality of; wisdom logic of. See also Microsoft
Gates Foundation
Gates, Robert
Gateway Computers
Genentech
General Motors (GM)
George, Bill
Ghose, Aurobindo
Ghosn, Carlos
Gitanjali Gems
Gitanjali Group
Give and take transaction
Giving Pledge movement
Glover, Nick
Goldman Sachs
Gopalakrishnan, Kris
“Gratitude economy”
Grauer, Peter
Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy
Greenleaf, Robert
Greenpeace
Gross national happiness (GNH)
Growth mind-set: cultivating openness to develop; description of; shifting perspective to develop
Gupta, Rajat
H
Happiness: “abundant community” striving for inner; gross national happiness (GNH) indicator of national progress; making the mistake that material success is; multiplied by bringing happiness to others; work-life balance to achieve
Heeding intuition. See also Intuition
Helgesen, Xavier
HELLO product story
HelpOthers.org
HERO (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism)
“Hero’s journey”
Hewlett Packard
Highland Park High School (Dallas)
Hinduism: discrimination (Viveka) according to; spiritual wisdom sought in. See also Eastern traditions
Holistic thinking. See also Big picture
Home Depot
Hotel VQ (Denver)
I
Ibarra, Herminia
IBM: PC business sold to Lenovo; Sam Palmisano’s bold business decisions for; Values-Jam (2003) and core values established at
IBM Global CEO report (2010)
IBM Global CEO report (2012)
iMac
India: Dr. V’s Aravind Eye Care System of; Gitanjali Group’s corporate social responsibility initative in; Gitanjali Group’s jewelry products in; Indian School of Business of; SAP Labs India of; space program of; State Bank of India (SBI) of; Taj Mahal Hotel attacks (2008) in; Tata Group compact Nano car of
Indian National Congress
Infinite Vision (Venkataswamy)
Infosys
INSEAD
Instinct
Integrity: acting with; bridging the gap in
Intel
Intellectual curiosity
Intraocular lenses (IOLs)
Intuition: backed up by hard data; Chesley “Sully” Sullengerger’s use of; differentiating instinct and; as founding principle of The Container Store; making decisions with discernment by using; Steve Jobs’s fame for using his; wise leaders’ decision making using their. See also Heeding intuition
iPad
iPhone
iPod
Isaacson, Walter
Islam Sufi wisdom
Itanium chip (“Intel’s Titanic”)
J
Jagad, Mallika
Janus (Silicon Valley CEO)
Japan: earthquake and tsunami (2011) in; Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown (2011) in
Jobs, Steve: ability to reconsider his own decisions; authenticity of; ethical clarity and pragmaticism demonstrated by; famous for following his own intuition; give and take between Bill Gates and; “hero’s journey” experienced by; his journey to wise leadership; his sometimes inappropriate actions; intuitive decision to open Apple retail stores by; journey developing wisdom logic by; “put a dent in the universe” noble purpose of; red filters of; role clarity of; supporting is intuition with hard data; Tim Cook’s succession to. See also Apple
Johnson, Ron
Journal writing practice
K
Kabat-Zinn, Jon
Kabbalah wisdom
Kaipa, Prasad
Kalam, A.P.J. Abdul
Kang, Karambir Singh
Kapoor, Shekhar
Karma Kitchen
Kelley, Michelle
Killer instinct
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kodak
Kopp, Wendy
Kottke, Dan
KPIs (key performance indicators) of sustainability
Kumar, Shiva
Kurtzman, Jeff
L
Lafley, Alan G.
Leadership capabilities: action orientation; decision logic; evolution into wise leaders by developing the six; fortitude; From Smart to Wise Leadership Self-Assessment scale of; motivation; perspective; role clarity. See also Wise leaders; Wise leadership
Leadership styles: Command-and-collaborate; command-and-control
Leadership wisdom: building wise cross-functional teams; framework for cultivating; in wise communities; in wise groups; in wise nations; in wise organizations; in wise teams
The Legend of Bagger Vance (film)
Lehman Brothers
Lenovo
Levinson, Art
Li, Charlene
LIBOR scandal
Lincoln, Abraham
Logotherapy
Luthans, Fred
M
Mackey, John
Mainwaring, Simon
Mandela, Nelson
McDonald’s
McKinsey & Company
Mean Streets (film)
Meaning: finding your noble purpose and; how to discover; as what drives motivation
Medtronic
Mehta, Nipun
Mehta, Pavithra
Mendiola Sánchez, Ramón
Mental models: Ford’s need for innovative; Mulally’s story on shifting Ford’s
Mentoring
Micofinance
Microcredit
Microsoft: DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit filed against; origins and early success of; pragmatic partnership (1997) between Apple and. See also Gates, Bill
Milani, Mark
Milovich, Steven
Mindful mind-set
Mindfulness: cultivating role clarity through; for decision making with discernment; defined as state of openness
Mind-set: broadening your perspective capability through mindful; cultivating openness through growth; decision-making discernment by cultivating abundance; inability to solve a problem created with the same
Mindtree
Mithya Wheel
Motivation: blue zone leaders; fortitude driven by; red zone leaders; understanding that meaning is what drives. See also Self-interest
Motivation capability: cocreating sustainable value with stakeholders through; cultivating enlightened self-interest to build; description of; evolving wisdom toward; Nano (Tata Motors’ compact car) development as example of; red versus blue zone leadership approach to; wise leaders driven to serve others as
Mulally, Alan: authentic leadership of; Boeing 777 development role of; decision making based on hard data by; enlightened self-interest by; equanimity maintained by; flexible fortitude demonstrated by; leading Ford back to profitability; shifting perspective demonstrated by
Mulcahy, Ann
Mumbai attacks (2008)
Murthy, N. R. Narayana
Myanmar (formerly Burma)
N
Nano (Tata Motors’ compact car)
National Center for Family Literacy
Nazi concentration camp
Ne Win
Neuropsychology: on decision making factors; research on role of brain in decision making
Newham, Chris
Nikon
Nissan plant (Japan)
Noble purpose: action required for pursuing; aligning actions with; Better World Books’s; Bill Gates’s life course correction through adopting his; business smart leaders’ beliefs about; confusing vision with; cultivating flexible fortitude by harnessing your; Dr. V’s story on acting in line with; functional smart leaders’ beliefs about; Michelle Kelley’s story on using coaching to connect with; power to ignite passion and commitment; red zone barriers to pursuing; social enterprises driven by North Star and; Steve Jobs’s “put a dent in the universe”; strategies and techniques for identifying your; of Tata Hotels’ leadership; wise decision making based on clear; wise leaders driven by personal; as your personal North Star
Nokia
Nooyi, Indra
North Star: authentic leadership style aligned with your; description of; developing flexible fortitude using the; exercise for finding your North Star; gaining wisdom logic by discovering your; noble purpose as your personal; social enterprises driven by noble purpose of
Nueva Center for Learning
O
Obama, Barack
Open Leadership (Li)
Openness: C-suite leadership fearing vulnerability of; growth mind-set as requiring; reframing in order to cultivate
Oprah Angel Network
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Oracle Corporation
OWN Network
P
Padmanabhan, Ragunath
Page, Larry
Palmisano, Sam: bold business decisions made by; cultivating a beginner’s mind-set approach taken by; on global system context of business; selling IBM’s PC business to Lenovo
Panera Bread
Panera Cares
Parental authenticity
Parivartan change management program (SBI)
Parker, Alan
Parker, James
Patagonia
Peace Corps
PepsiCo
Personal Excellence Program (PEP)
Personal Sustainability Project (PSP)
Perspective: as based on sum total of knowledge and experiences; developing wise leadership by cultivating a wise; Frankl’s Nazi concentration camp experience and reframing his; limits of a smart; red versus blue zone; the wise leader’s. See also Shifting perspective; Worldview
Perspective capability: description of; evolving wisdom toward; finding your noble purpose to increase your; increasing openness through reframing; mindful mind-set to broaden your; other terms used for; Raj’s story on change by shifting his; red versus blue zone leadership approach to
Pierce, Todd
Pixar
Porras, Jerry
“Power of attraction”
Practical wisdom
Pragmaticism: Steven Jobs’s demonstration of; wise decision making based on ethical clarity and
Prediction markets
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Princeton University
Problem solving: divergent thinking for; don’t use same mind-set that caused the problem for. See also Decision making
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
“Psychological capital”
Psychology: on decision-making factors; research on role of brain in decision making
R
Rausch, Doug
Ravilla, Thulasiraj
Red zone: achieving work-life balance by shifting perspective of; big picture focus of; business smart leader trend toward the; cautious decision making of the; comparing perspective of blue and; competitive nature of leaders in; difficulty in executing role with emotional detachment in; fortitude capability approach in the; how Bill Gates expanding his worldview by expanding his; identifying your own tendency toward blue or; leader tendency to take too much risk in; leadership capabilities as approached by leaders in the; mentoring those who operate in the; motivation and self-interest in the; role clarity capability limitations in; self-assessment of your thinking as; Steve Jobs’s preference for the. See also Business smart leaders
Reflection: cultivating openness through; journal writing as practice of
Reframing, openness through
Reframing failure
Renault-Nissan Alliance
Rice, Condoleezza
Rising tide concept
Roberts, Kevin
Role clarity capability: Barclays’ LIBOR scandal as failure of; becoming a wise leader with; cultivating; cultivating a beginner’s mind to facilitate your; description of; evolving wisdom toward; how wise leaders demonstrate; learning to let go component of; limitation of blue zone for; Murthy’s wise leadership demonstrating; red versus blue zone leadership approach to; red zone limitations for; reflective questions to ask about; self-awareness element of the; servant leadership as part of; similarity to concept of servant leadership; Steve Jobs’s; understanding the business context of. See also Detached engagement
Role clarity cultivation path: by cultivating a beginner’s mind; learning to let go; mindfulness facilitating self-awareness; understanding that you are part of a whole
Room to Read
S
Saatchi & Saatchi
SAP Labs India
Sarabhai, Vikram
Saying-doing gap
Schultz, Howard
Schwartz, Tony
Self-assessment exercises: blue zone thinking; connecting your enlightened self-interest to other capabilities; finding your North Star; From Smart to Wise Leadership Self-Assessment; red zone thinking
Self-awareness: courage gap and lack of; Genentech’s Personal Excellence Program (PEP) to develop; making decisions without; role clarity capability and
Self-deception
Self-interest: business perspective of enlightened; cultivating enlightened; partner networks survey (2012) on partnership role of; smart leaders’ approach to. See also Motivation
Senge, Peter
Servant leadership
ServiceSpace (originally CharityFocus)
Shaich, Ron
Shaw, Kiran Mazumdar
Shifting perspective: benefits of; finding a noble purpose for; Frankl’s Nazi concentration camp experience and; Mehta’s gratitude economy concept on; a mindful mind-set required for; as ongoing process; openness through reframing for; path of aspiration versus desperation path to; Raj’s story on change by. See also Change; Perspective
Shrinivas, H. N.
Sierra Club
Sir Ratan Tata Trust
Sisodia, Raj
Smart leaders: description and commonalities of; functional and business smart categories of; wise decision logic versus decision logic of. See also Business smart leaders; Functional smart leaders
Smart leadership: definition of; evolving to wise from; From Smart to Wise Leadership Self-Assessment scale on; pitfalls of. See also Wise leadership
Smart leadership pitfalls, overview of the
Smart perspective limits
Smartness: applying to action; complementary nature of functional and business definitions of; evolving to being wise from; as operating currency of today’s business; understanding that it is not enough. See also Wisdom
Smile cards (ServiceSpace)
Smyre, Rick
Social responsibility. See Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Social systems leadership wisdom: building wise cross-functional teams; description of; issues to consider for; in wise communities; in wise groups; in wise nations; in wise organizations; in wise teams
Southwest Airlines
Spiritual wisdom
Starbucks
STARS (Special Thanks and Recognition System; Taj Hotel)
State Bank of India (SBI)
Stewardship (Block)
Stewardship concept
Subjective ethics
Sufi wisdom
Sullenberger, Chesley “Sully”
Sustainability practices: cocreating sustainable value; Gitanjali Group’s CSR initiative as; KPIs (key performance indicators) to measure success of; UN’s “holistic approach to development” resolution for
Suu Kyi, Aung San
Swabhiman (self-respect)
T
Taj Hotels STARS program
Taj Mahal Hotel attacks (2008)
Tata Group
Tata Hotels
Tata, Jamsetji
Tata Motors
Tata, Ratan
Tata Sons
Teach For America (TFA)
Teams: cultivating wise leadership of; evolving from smart to wise cross-functional
Thomas Aquinas, Saint
Thomson, David
3Ps (passion, people, and plan)
Tierney, John
Tindell, Kip
TouchPad (Hewlett Packard)
TouchPoints (Conant)
Trader Joe’s
Trikarana suddhi (integrity)
Triple bottom line
Tyrie, Andrew
U
U.N. General Assembly
Unilever
University of Notre Dame
US Airways Flight 1549
U.S. Department of Agriculture
V
Values-Jam (IBM, 2003)
“Vaporware” practice
Varley, John
Vedanta wisdom
Venkataswamy, Govindappa (Dr. V)
Vision: blue zone difficulty with long-term; business smart leaders’ confusing purpose with; red zone focus on the big picture
Volckmann, Russ
Vulnerability
W
Wal-Mart
Walesa, Lech
Wall Street Journal
Wangchuck, Jigme Singye (King of Bhutan)
We First (Mainwaring)
WebOS (Palm operating system)
Weiss, Pam
Welch, Jack (“Neutron Jack”)
Werbach, Adam
Western traditions: servant leadership roots in; spiritual wisdom found in
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Kabat-Zinn)
Whole Foods Market
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength (Baumeister and Tierney)
Willpower concept
Win-win transaction
Winfrey, Oprah
Winner-take-all mentality
Wisdom: description and qualities of; as grounded in ethics, shared values, and serving larger purpose; involves appropriate action without losing authenticity; as our birthright; spiritual versus practical. See also Smartness
Wisdom logic: as authentic pathway to wise leadership; balance provided by; Bill Gates’s; development of your own; field of leadership’s spiral development toward; North Star used to focus your journey toward; Steve Jobs’s journey toward developing his
Wise communities: description of; Nipun Mehta’s ServiceSpace and Karma Kitchen; Peter Block’s development of abundant and; Raj Sisodia commitment to conscious capitalism and
Wise cross-functional teams
Wise groups: cultivating leadership wisdom in; description of
Wise leaders: action orientation capacity as applied by; Bill Gates’s evolution from being a smart to; dealing with challenges in a complex world; coaching, mentoring, and role modeling by; driven by their personal noble purpose; flexible fortitude displayed by; motivation capability and driven to serve others; other-centered attitude of; overview of becoming a; perspective of a; role clarity capability approach and development by; smart decision logic versus decision logic of. See also Leadership capabilities
Wise leadership: challenges in a complex world calling for; context sensitivity as foundation of; cultivating across social systems; description and qualities of; evolving from smart to; “field of leadership” spiral expansion; introduction to six leadership capabilities of. See also Leadership capabilities; Smart leadership
Wise leadership journey: across different social systems; overview of the path along; starting your own; Steve Jobs’s; understanding that it involves helping others; wisdom logic as the authentic pathway to
Wise leadership path: creating a road map toward; From Smart to Wise Leadership Self-Assessment scale before starting your; identifying your own tendency toward red or blue zone; overview of the; self-assess where you are on the path; stay the course toward; as unique for each individual; wisdom logic as the authentic
Wise nations: description of; how Bhutan is cultivating itself as a; Myanmar’s cultivation itself as a
Wise organizations: Better World Books’s cultivation of wise leadership; culture change at XCo to cultivate wise leadership; description of
Wise teams: cultivating leadership wisdom in Tata Hotels; description of
Wiseman, Liz
Woolard, Ed
Work-life balance
Worldfund
Worldview: how Bill Gates changed his red filters to expand his; how we are limited by the filters we use for; red versus blue filters used in. See also Perspective
Wozniak, Steve
X
XCo culture change story
Xerox
Y
Yunus, Muhammad
Z
Zero-sum game: cultivating enlightened self-interest instead of playing; learning to recognize that business is not a; partner relationships versus
Zuckerberg, Mark