Bonus Episode - Discussing Simon Sinek's 'The Infinite Game' with John Flint

In this bonus episode we are joined by John Flint who shares with us his insights on Simon Sinek’s book ‘The Infinite Game’. The economic dislocations caused by this crisis are forcing leaders at all levels to make quick decisions, often with incomplete and changing information - decisions that have been accelerated or compressed in a shorter time frame. This book can be helpful for leaders either as a challenge - or as a comfort - that our decision-making framework is built around something that is beyond the immediate challenges we face today.

John shares his views around the importance of balancing all stakeholders, and that the stewards of long term businesses need to be thinking over a time-frame of 10 to 15 years. He discusses how there is a mythology around investors only being interested in short-term results when, in reality, the pressure usually comes from other sources, and that leaders need to have the courage of their convictions to ‘sit through this’ and focus on the long-term. Drawing from his own leadership journey, John shares his thoughts on how leaders can demonstrate courage and why authenticity or just ‘being human’ is so critical for leadership today. We also touch on the lovely illustrated book 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' by Charlie Mackesy, where John shares with us his insights on what success is as a leader, what bravery means, and his greatest discovery as a leader.