Richard Claydon
Stretched to Breaking Point – Leading in Complexity
In a world where strategic clarity is elusive, roles are blurred, and transformation feels relentless, leaders are being stretched to their limits – not just operationally, but emotionally and existentially. This keynote explores the systemic leadership crisis unfolding across organisations and offers a powerful reframing: that the stretch is not a sign of failure, but a threshold to a new way of leading. Drawing on complexity thinking, systems dynamics, and human-centred leadership frameworks, this session challenges the myth of the heroic leader and invites participants to embrace a more adaptive, reflective, and relational approach to leading in complexity.
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Dr Richard Claydon designs transformative leadership programs for complexity. Leadership research offers new developmental pathways grounded in self-in-role-in-system and leadership as social function. Drawing from philosophy, complexity science, and organizational psychology, Richard equips leaders to navigate volatile environments with clarity, irony, and moral imagination.
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