The Blindspot: How Power Invisibly Shapes Our Lives

What is power, who has it and how did they get it? Surprisingly, even today’s leaders would struggle toprovide an answer, because most receive no real training on power at all - just like everybody else.Thefew exceptions learn that ethical behaviour is separate from power.It’s a recipe for disasters like the PostOffice Horizon scandal to happen again and again. In The Blindspot, executive coach Douglas Board and Anglican priest Martin Henwood show howthis ignorance is not only damaging but also unnecessary.Providing a uniquely engaging introduction toideas about power, they reflect on more than fifty real-life incidents - including dozens from their ownpersonal experience - to help us understand how this lack of knowledge affects us all, as well as what wecan do about it.Their examples range from corporate misconduct and the misuse of authority in churches,hospitals and schools, to whistleblowing at Uber and the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Ultimately, this timely and i