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Leading with Character: a 30-day online course to cultivate leader character
Get PDFThis article introduces Leading with Character, an innovative online course designed to cultivate virtues of character as the foundation of effective and ethical leadership. Developed collaboratively by the Oxford Character Project at the University of Oxford, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, the Legatum Foundation, and leadership experts and educators from around the world, the course addresses the urgent need for leaders to cultivate virtues, such as purpose, courage, love, and hope in order to successfully navigate today’s complex challenges. The course is rooted in academic research in character and leadership development, combining academic rigor with practical application. It includes reflective exercises, real-world examples, and habit-forming practices through which participants develop the personal qualities and inner strength essential for leading positive change. The course is organized into four thematic modules, each focusing on a key leadership virtue. By blending theoretical insights with actionable exercises, the modules guide participants to reflect on personal values, enhance leadership qualities, and drive meaningful change in their communities. Leading with Character aspires to foster a global community of leaders dedicated to advancing the common good through character-based and purpose-driven leadership. By placing character at the heart of leadership development, the course offers a transformative framework that equips individuals to make a positive impact on their organizations and broader society
Women in the history of language learning and teaching: hidden pioneers of practice from Europe and beyond (1400-2000)
No full textFrom strong to weak interaction: reconciling SQUID and μSQUID-EPR data in anomalous Co(ii) dimers
Get PDFMagnetic molecules have been proposed as scaffolds for novel quantum technologies, ranging from quantum sensing and quantum memory to multilevel quantum bits (qudits) and fault-tolerant quantum computation. Integration of magnetic molecules into cutting-edge applications hinges on a deep understanding and tunability of their spin states. To date, the strategic manipulation of the local environment of the ion and careful selection of the magnetic core have enabled the desired tunability and scalability of the spin states. For such goals, however, extracting the anisotropic parameters that dictate the characteristics of the Spin Hamiltonian is challenging, especially for molecules consisting of multiple magnetic cores. We address these challenges by studying two cobalt(II) dinuclear systems, complicated by inherent spin–orbit coupling. We explore the magnetic properties of these systems in two temperature regimes: (i) at sub-Kelvin temperatures employing single crystals at 30 mK using a unique μSQUID-EPR technique that examines the microwave absorption peaks in the magnetisation data and their variation with field angle and frequency; and (ii) in bulk employing convectional SQUID magnetometry above 2 K i.e., χMT(T) and M(H). Unexpectedly, sub-Kelvin temperature investigations reveal a negligible interaction, whereas the SQUID data reveal a much stronger interaction between the Co(II) ions. An understanding of these data is developed based on a strong coupling model and the coupling of two moieties with a spin-effective ground state
Entrepreneurial mindset and family firm performance: the contingent role of firm age and size
No full textPurpose This study examines how an entrepreneurial mindset influences family firm performance, with a focus on firm age and size as boundary conditions that may enhance or impede this effect. Design/methodology/approach Using micro-level data from 213 family firms in the sports industry in Jammu and Kashmir, India, we employ structural equation modeling (SEM) and multi-group moderation analyses to test our research hypothesis. Findings Our results show that an entrepreneurial mindset serves as a key driver of family firm performance in Indian firms. Additionally, larger and more mature family firms benefit more from acquiring and nurturing an entrepreneurial mindset, suggesting that firm characteristics shape the impact of entrepreneurial strategies on growth. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on family firm strategy by highlighting the conditional effects of firm age and size on the relationship between entrepreneurial mindset and performance. It provides insights into how family firms in emerging economies can leverage entrepreneurial thinking for sustainable growth
Balancing legitimacies: efficiency, fairness and the transformation of parole oral hearings
Get PDFThis article examines the transformation of parole oral hearings in England and Wales following their shift to remote delivery. Drawing on qualitative interviews and hearing transcripts, it explores how remote hearings affect the legitimacy of parole, focusing on tensions between efficiency, fairness and participation. Using a framework of legitimacy underpinned by Suchman’s concept of procedural, consequential and pragmatic legitimacy, the article analyses how institutional efforts to reduce delay can simultaneously erode the fairness-based underpinnings of oral hearings. It argues that the rapid uptake of technology in response to crisis can produce lasting institutional change, often without sustained scrutiny or re-legitimation
Catalysing transformational change through compound nature connectedness interventions
Get PDFPolitical, economic and technological interventions are struggling to address the polycrisis at the necessary scale and pace. Increasing nature connectedness can make a critical contribution: there is abundant evidence that higher levels of nature connectedness are not only good for health and happiness, but also correlate with a greater commitment to pro-environmental behaviours. The early progress in the scientific study of nature connectedness is impressive, but there are many types of interventions promoting nature connectedness, and evidence is fragmented across academic disciplines and siloed communities of practice. Here, we review a wide range of interventions and their effectiveness relative to each other. We appraise how interventions can be combined synergistically with the potential to catalyse shifts to pro-environmental mindsets through a concept of compounding effects. We conclude by discussing how our insights may inform the development of more holistic training and development approaches, as a critical element of sustainability transformations
Stencil-making in Paris in the eighteenth century
No full textThis is a study of stencil-making in Paris in the eighteenth century, and of stencilmakers active there. It reports on methods of work, commercial circumstances, locations, products, customers, distribution networks, and professional trajectories. Two stencilmakers are featured, Louis Bresson de Maillard and Jean Gabriel Bery, alongside other contemporary and later stencilmakers. Evidence drawn on includes texts describing stencil-making and stencil work, technical illustrations, advertisements, specimens, receipted bills, public administrative documents and death inventories, published works, and artefacts including stencil plates and stencil work. A series of appendices list known advertisements of Bresson de Maillard, transcribe and translate representative advertisements among them, and transcribe and translate descriptions and valuations of stencil merchandise, tools, and materials recorded in the inventories of Bery and two other Paris stencilmakers
Knowledge flows and industrial clusters: assessing the sources of competitive advantage in two English regions
Get PDFHow knowledge is created, accessed, stored and disseminated has become a major focus of study when assessing the success or failure of industrial clusters. Marshall (1890; 225) initiated this debate when he noted: ‘The mysteries of the trade become no mysteries; but are as it were in the air’. In the edited collection by Wilson, Corker and Lane (2022), emphasis has been placed on the links between knowledge, knowledge flows and how innovation systems evolve and adapt. This paper builds on their work examining how tacit and codified knowledge is created and disseminated across a cluster. Bathelt et al (2004) have demonstrated how successful clusters build effective ‘global pipelines’ to access knowledge generated elsewhere, prompting us to think how a business history analysis can incorporate these concepts and how these processes have worked in practice. The paper analyses two English clusters and the processes involved in the formation of a common body of knowledge, a ‘knowledge-cum-industrial zeitgeist’ which explains the cluster’s performance. Specifically, it proposes a model that links internally-generated knowledge and ‘global pipelines’ that clusters develop to tap into externally-generated knowledge, which through effective feedback into the ‘local buzz’ results in further innovation and strengthens the cluster’s competitive advantage