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 By Graham Wilson, on April 8th, 2011If you’ve not seen or heard his talk before, then I really recommend the talk at the RSA given by author and journalist, Evgeny Morozov, in which he presents an alternative view on ‘cyber-utopianism’ – the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely empancipatory role in global politics. The talk was originally given … / continued By Graham Wilson, on December 25th, 2010‘The over-zealous super-ego may depend on ritualised patterns of behaviour, and have great difficulty coping with the rich tapestry of human experience and beliefs – considering their own perspective to be the only true way. It is this latter conviction that leads to apparent arrogance and insensitivity.’ “I think you’ll enjoy this one, Graham, … / continued By Graham Wilson, on December 24th, 2010A few months ago, I was prompted to write a few words by way of introduction to the subject of Psychodynamics. In it, I explained the three different components of our model of the psyche which was proposed originally by Freud. Broadly speaking, the three parts are: The ID – which is responsible … / continued By Graham Wilson, on November 21st, 2010The other week, I found myself watching the film, “The Last King of Scotland” – an account based on events in Uganda under the Presidency of Idi Amin. We saw an individual who had been a model soldier, was liked by the international community, and popular with his people, progressively become a violent dictator … / continued By Graham Wilson, on November 14th, 2010A while back, I wrote about an essential quality that distinguishes exceptional leaders from the second tier. Originally I produced a small pamphlet on the topic [now posted as a blog entry], and it has been one of the most widely appreciated things I have written, I think. Which is very nice! Certainly, most … / continued By Graham Wilson, on September 11th, 2010On another forum, Stan Washington, a US-based specialist in ‘resume’ writing recently made a plea for people who are speaking to people looking for their next Senior Executive job, to avoid saying “Don’t be frustrated!” It’s a classic example of someone saying something, usually with a positive intention, and yet it provokes the opposite … / continued  Comments are closed  emotional & spiritual intelligence, executive / leadership behaviour, psychoanalytic / psychodynamic By Graham Wilson, on August 17th, 2010I realise that this is a bit of a side-issue, but a few people express surprise that my role exists, and so I thought it might be amusing to point out that it is far more widespread than you might imagine. The problem, of course, is that people like myself work ‘behind the scenes’, … / continued By Graham Wilson, on August 14th, 2010My Business Book of the Week* (14/08/10) is Malcolm Gladwell’s “What the Dog Saw“. “Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes … / continued By Graham Wilson, on August 13th, 2010I’m not sure whether you are familiar with the book by Mitch Albom, “The five people you meet in Heaven“, but the essence is that we never quite know whose lives we have (perhaps quite coincidentally) touched and yet, in that moment, we had a significant impact on them. In the course of … / continued By Graham Wilson, on August 11th, 2010Tales abound in the popular press about the ‘problems’ of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and psychiatry. The latest appeared on Sunday in the New York Times and is a rather remarkable story of a woman who has spent 45 years seeing a succession of therapists and yet feels angry that she has not yet been ‘cured’. … / continued 
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