I am Professor and founding Director of the Coventry Centre for Peace and Security, researching and writing on public leadership, social cohesion and intercultural relations. I was Board Chair of the International Leadership Association. I am adjunct Professor of Leadership at the LSPR Communications and Business Institute in Indonesia; member of the International Advisory Board of The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; and Senior Adviser to the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, the Baku Process A former diplomat, I was awarded the OBE in 2001 peace-building work in the Middle East and appointed a Companion of Honour of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours June 2010 for his work internationally in intercultural leadership.
Academic and policy communities increasingly frame today’s challenges as “wicked problems” or components of “complex adaptive systems.” It is clear: in polycrisis leaders must move beyond treating disruptions as discrete events. We need to build together and with compassion, operating models capable of continuous learning, rapid adaptation, and resilience.
