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I think that one of the best ways to learn leadership isn't studying "leadership" at all. Instead, study individual leaders in their natural habitat and decide what they do that you want to try. That's why, every week, I bring you a selection of post about individual leaders. This week I'm pointing you to posts by and about Harry West and Lapo Elkann.

NY Times interview with Harry West: You Can’t Find the Future in the Archives
"I’m the eldest of six kids, and I think that may have some significance. One of the main groups in our company is the strategy group, and we once looked at the family position of most of the people in the group, and they’re pretty much 100 percent the eldest kid. So I think there’s some correlation between maybe being the eldest and wanting to blaze a trail. I think that probably helps in some way. But I think that’s just one type of leadership, which is the type I have: the need to find a new way and take responsibility for other

From the Globe and Mail: Fiat's Lapo Elkann: Revved up for new challenges
"Two amazing things about Lapo Elkann are his arms and his apartment. I was treated to a tour of both."

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