July sees the launch of a book on power which breaks new ground. ‘The Blindspot’ is by Dr Douglas Board, a writer and thinker on leadership (who has participated in and written about the Aspen methodology) and a priest, Revd Martin Henwood. An analysis of knowledge about power and over sixty true incidents, including over forty from their professional and personal experience, lead them to foresee radical change and the rise of the first-ever power-literate generation.
The rise of the first power-literate generation?’ is scheduled for Wednesday 1 July, 6.00-6.50pm British Summer Time. Joining the authors of ‘The Blindspot’, Dr Douglas Board and Revd Martin Henwood, will be:
Sam Simon is a London-based partner at Wondrous People an executive coaching and leadership consultancy, focused on partnerships and innovation. With 20 years’ experience in product and technology innovation and consulting, spanning music, logistics and health technology she considers herself a curious generalist who loves a wicked problem to solve and teaches spin as a hobby.
Nada Aboserie is Deputy Director of AI at Access Partnership, advising governments in the Gulf, Europe, and Southeast Asia, alongside the largest tech firms, on how AI and digital technology get governed. Nada is an Aspen UK Rising Leader. The daughter of a diplomat, she has a particular interest in the gap between those who write technology policy and those whose lives it shapes, and is developing a training programme on geopolitics and technology for diplomats as one way to help close it.
Jezz Brown, a PhD student at the University of Manchester, graduated from Cambridge in 2024 with first class honours and a prize-winning dissertation in social and political science. The first in his immediate family to go to university, his research is in his campaigning field, social mobility.
“Many authors have tackled the issue of power in modern societies but Board and Henwood offer a refreshingly different perspective and approach which draws in the reader and is always interesting.” David Smith, Economics Editor, The Sunday Times.
“We talk a lot about leadership but far less about power. ‘The Blindspot’ brilliantly exposes that gap. The kind of insights I wish I’d had at the start of my career and are highly relevant at every stage afterwards.” Bridget Lea, Managing Director, Allwyn UK.
“Riveting, real, unflinchingly honest and a source of hope for distressing times. The authors’ use of ubuntu as a post-colonial and inclusive lens on power is revelatory.” Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town