Kenneth Mikkelsen
@kenmikkelsen.bsky.social
Leadership Philosopher-Practitioner l Existential Coach of Leaders l Global Speaker l Author of The Neo-Generalist and upcoming The Essential (2025)
Quality posts on philosophy, psychology, sociology, leadership, history, learning, books and art.
Quality posts on philosophy, psychology, sociology, leadership, history, learning, books and art.
On the smallness of old men obsessed with power.
July 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
On the smallness of old men obsessed with power.
A play: The Theater of Leadership Development
Leadership is not a performance.
This piece rips off the mask.
Seven acts. No buzzwords.
Just truth, care—and a quiet rebellion.
open.substack.com/pub/houseofb...
Leadership is not a performance.
This piece rips off the mask.
Seven acts. No buzzwords.
Just truth, care—and a quiet rebellion.
open.substack.com/pub/houseofb...
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A play: The Theater of Leadership Development
Leadership is not a performance.
This piece rips off the mask.
Seven acts. No buzzwords.
Just truth, care—and a quiet rebellion.
open.substack.com/pub/houseofb...
Leadership is not a performance.
This piece rips off the mask.
Seven acts. No buzzwords.
Just truth, care—and a quiet rebellion.
open.substack.com/pub/houseofb...
New poem.
On the house.
For modern times. 🎪
On the house.
For modern times. 🎪
March 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New poem.
On the house.
For modern times. 🎪
On the house.
For modern times. 🎪
In 1958, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel ‘The Leopard’ was published.
The central idea is captured in the famous quote: "If we want things to stay as they are, they must change."
How would a poem in Lampedusa’s spirit sound today?
The central idea is captured in the famous quote: "If we want things to stay as they are, they must change."
How would a poem in Lampedusa’s spirit sound today?
March 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In 1958, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel ‘The Leopard’ was published.
The central idea is captured in the famous quote: "If we want things to stay as they are, they must change."
How would a poem in Lampedusa’s spirit sound today?
The central idea is captured in the famous quote: "If we want things to stay as they are, they must change."
How would a poem in Lampedusa’s spirit sound today?
Fear + Ignorance = Hate.
March 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Fear + Ignorance = Hate.
Anyone concerned with current world affairs should watch the documentary “The Trouble with Being Human These Days” with Zygmunt Bauman(1925–2017).
Link to the documentary: vimeo.com/154973102 (paid access).
The collage is homemade. Photo credit: Samuel Sánchez for El País.
Link to the documentary: vimeo.com/154973102 (paid access).
The collage is homemade. Photo credit: Samuel Sánchez for El País.
March 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Anyone concerned with current world affairs should watch the documentary “The Trouble with Being Human These Days” with Zygmunt Bauman(1925–2017).
Link to the documentary: vimeo.com/154973102 (paid access).
The collage is homemade. Photo credit: Samuel Sánchez for El País.
Link to the documentary: vimeo.com/154973102 (paid access).
The collage is homemade. Photo credit: Samuel Sánchez for El País.
The one with historical experience knows that hubris always goes hand in hand with nemesis. The regulator of arrogance is justice. At all times, they struggle to restore balance.
If you despair over the state of the world right now, know this.
If you despair over the state of the world right now, know this.
February 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The one with historical experience knows that hubris always goes hand in hand with nemesis. The regulator of arrogance is justice. At all times, they struggle to restore balance.
If you despair over the state of the world right now, know this.
If you despair over the state of the world right now, know this.
On the essential book project…
January 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On the essential book project…
There you have it. A display of Nordic leadership in the face of 🎺’s aggression towards Greenland. Imagine this taking place anywhere else in the world.
January 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
There you have it. A display of Nordic leadership in the face of 🎺’s aggression towards Greenland. Imagine this taking place anywhere else in the world.
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world,” Ludwig #Wittgenstein wrote in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921).
But how does this play out in the world of business?
#businesslanguage #worldviews
But how does this play out in the world of business?
#businesslanguage #worldviews
January 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world,” Ludwig #Wittgenstein wrote in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921).
But how does this play out in the world of business?
#businesslanguage #worldviews
But how does this play out in the world of business?
#businesslanguage #worldviews
Pretending…with the help of AI.
January 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Pretending…with the help of AI.
Speech by Peter Drucker given at Bennington College (20 May, 1943) about the nature of individuality and society. Drucker begins the essay revisiting the thought of Kierkegaard and the question he posed of how human existence is possible.
Full text available here: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...
Full text available here: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...
January 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Speech by Peter Drucker given at Bennington College (20 May, 1943) about the nature of individuality and society. Drucker begins the essay revisiting the thought of Kierkegaard and the question he posed of how human existence is possible.
Full text available here: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...
Full text available here: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...
Finally got a chance to watch Brett Morgen’s film Moonage Daydream about David Bowie on a big screen yesterday. It is marvelous. ❤️
A review can be read here: theconversation.com/moonage-dayd...
A review can be read here: theconversation.com/moonage-dayd...
January 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Finally got a chance to watch Brett Morgen’s film Moonage Daydream about David Bowie on a big screen yesterday. It is marvelous. ❤️
A review can be read here: theconversation.com/moonage-dayd...
A review can be read here: theconversation.com/moonage-dayd...
Søren Kierkegaard on love.
December 30, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Søren Kierkegaard on love.
Jean-Francois Lyotard on the mercantilisation of knowledge.
From his book 'The Post-Modern Condition: A Report on Knowledge' (published in 1979).
Sounds familiar?
From his book 'The Post-Modern Condition: A Report on Knowledge' (published in 1979).
Sounds familiar?
December 6, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Jean-Francois Lyotard on the mercantilisation of knowledge.
From his book 'The Post-Modern Condition: A Report on Knowledge' (published in 1979).
Sounds familiar?
From his book 'The Post-Modern Condition: A Report on Knowledge' (published in 1979).
Sounds familiar?
Societal diagnosis 1:1
December 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Societal diagnosis 1:1
December 4, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at close of days;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Dylan Thomas
"Do not go gentle into that good night" read by Sir Anthony Hopkins: youtu.be/Qnn9468vhwI.
Old age should burn and rave at close of days;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Dylan Thomas
"Do not go gentle into that good night" read by Sir Anthony Hopkins: youtu.be/Qnn9468vhwI.
December 3, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at close of days;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Dylan Thomas
"Do not go gentle into that good night" read by Sir Anthony Hopkins: youtu.be/Qnn9468vhwI.
Old age should burn and rave at close of days;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Dylan Thomas
"Do not go gentle into that good night" read by Sir Anthony Hopkins: youtu.be/Qnn9468vhwI.
Branching out
How you branch out in life determines who you end up feeling a sense of belonging with.
How you branch out in life determines who you end up feeling a sense of belonging with.
December 3, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Branching out
How you branch out in life determines who you end up feeling a sense of belonging with.
How you branch out in life determines who you end up feeling a sense of belonging with.