New Zealand landscape architect, Christchurch.
He was awarded the CMG (Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) before being awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 Queens New Years Honours List for his services to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He is a Chief Scientific Advisor.
People work harder, longer, and more creatively if they are motivated by the intrinsic pleasure of their work. Managers must do everything they can to make the value of jobs obvious and the joy in them accessible.
You want leaders driven by mission – not by adrenaline. No one wants to work with people who need to be heroes more than they need to be catalysts.
Catastrophe is change on the fast track. Disaster is a laboratory for adaptability. .
