Posts by Vivienne Schultz
Too Many Chiefs, Not Enough Indians
How Bureaucracy Slows Down Output Fear of rejection—especially fear of being fired—drives modern-era employees to over‑intellectualise and complicate issues. Bureaucracy then takes over, and efficiency disappears, yet entitlement to the same high salaries remains. Bureaucracy is the system of rules and approvals meant to create order, but too often it becomes a maze of delays…
Read MoreMeasuring competency is not what you think?
Measuring competency isn’t just about listing skills on a resume; it’s about figuring out which part of the brain is running the show. When a person faces a work challenge, are they approaching it from a place of primitive survival, or are they accessing higher-level executive functions? Furthermore, from which of the three executive functions:…
Read MoreFrom Eaglet to Ubuntu
The Lifelong Architecture of Whole-Brain Leadership. A complete, lifelong pipeline of human optimisation—starting from early childhood brain architecture where the very foundations of courage over fear are wired, right up to an integrated adult state of Ubuntu through whole-brain leadership. The journey to becoming a transformative leader is not defined by a title; it is…
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