Following the gourd

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

Regular readers will know there’s a parallel universe in which I run a management course based entirely on Monty Python. In the module on leadership this scene from Life of Brian will provide the key case study.

It seems to me that most literature on leadership is about how to design a gourd or sandal.

(See other modules from my course here and here).

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