Ken Smith

Jan 14, 2024 | klsmithphd.medium.com | Ken Smith

In the winter of 2023, I was enrolled in the Values Based Leadership course as part of the Stanford LEAD executive education program. I highly recommend the course (and the LEAD program overall), but most of the content presented in the course can also be found in the professors’ book Leading with Values: Strategies for Making Ethical Decisions in Business and Life. The final project for the 8-week course was to write our personal statement of core values and commitments.

Jan 4, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Ken Smith |Mike Reed |Barry E. Trevis

ABSTRACTCapsule Green Sandpipers Tringa ochropus wintering in southern Britain breed in western Scandinavia, from southern Norway to Finland. They leave Britain in late April and return by the end of June/early July. Aims To determine the breeding areas of Green Sandpipers that spend their winter in southern Britain and to investigate their migration ecology. Methods Green Sandpipers were fitted with archival tags (light level and GPS) whilst in their wintering area.

Nov 29, 2023 | ft.com | Ken Smith

Between 1933 and 1941, 20,000 Jewish refugees found shelter in Shanghai due largely to a colonial-era rule that kept the Chinese city’s...

Nov 4, 2023 | iol.co.za | Ken Smith

Meditation doesn't revolve around achieving perfection or eliminating thoughts; it provides a space to connect with ourselves and our surroundings, grounding us in the present moment, the writer says. Image: File. Published 9m ago | Published 9m agoBy Ken Smith In today's world, things can move fast, and there's always much to do. Being a leader means you're responsible for making decisions, solving problems, and keeping your team motivated.

Jul 17, 2023 | iol.co.za | Ken Smith

By Ken SmithIn the current fast-paced business landscape, handling complexity requires a combination of 50 predefined cognitive intentions, such as the pairing ‘abstract’ and ‘concrete’. This ability to navigate dynamic situations is what we call dynamic intelligence. We can better predict outcomes by constructing our thinking in the moment and assessing the situation from intention to awareness, choice, and response.