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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
LEADERSHIP REWIRED
Navigating Modern Tensions with Wisdom and Authenticity
The Leadership Playbook No Longer Fits
The world changed.
Leadership training didn't.
Leadership Rewired is written for leaders who:
✓Are navigating complex teams and competing expectations
✓ Feel the tension between innovation and stability
✓ Want to lead authentically without losing credibility
✓ Recognise that modern leadership requires more than old models
If you ever thought:
"I'm doing everything I was taught, it still doesn't feel like enough."
This book will resonate with you
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LEADERSHIP REWIRED
202 pages of insights for
navigating leadership tensions
Grounded in research
(see list below) from neuroscience,
psychology, and organizational behaviour.
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The challenges modern leaders face don't fit the old solutions:
✓ Diverse teams with real friction - not just surface harmony
✓ Innovation that threatens the stability you're responsible for
✓ Remote work that delivers results but erodes genuine connection
✓ Stakeholders demanding both authenticity and certainty
You've probably felt it:
What you were taught leadership "should" look like no longer matches what leadership actually requires.
The old playbook - project confidence, have all the answers, eliminate tension -was built for a different world.
A Different Way Forward
Leadership Rewired introduces MQNA - Moments, Questions, Nuggets, Affirmations
a practical framework for navigating the core tensions defining modern leadership.
Not by eliminating them.
Not by choosing sides.
But by leading through complexity with wisdom and authenticity.
Developed over 17 years of practice with leaders and teams across academia, civil society, and organizational development, and grounded in research from neuroscience, psychology, and organizational behavior.
This isn't another productivity hack.
It's a fundamental shift in how you think about leadership.
Navigate 8 Core Leadership Tensions
The book explores eight leadership tensions that most leaders experience but rarely name.
1. Leading Across the Divide
Creating unity while honoring diverse perspectives, cultures, and working styles
2. The Innovation Paradox
Driving change while maintaining stability and psychological safety
3. Transparent Authority
Being honest about uncertainty while maintaining credible leadership
4. Digital Humanity
Building genuine relationships in increasingly virtual environments
5. Time Horizon Tensions
Balancing short-term results with long-term sustainability
6. Individual Excellence vs. Collective Success
Developing people while optimizing team performance
7. Guidance vs. Growth
Knowing when to direct and when to develop
8. Local Focus, Global Awareness
Managing immediate team needs while staying connected to broader context
What You'll Find in Every Chapter
THE MOMENT
Recognize when tension requires a different response
THE QUESTIONS
Reframe challenges through powerful inquiry
THE NUGGETS
Research-backed insights that explain what's really happening
THE AFFIRMATIONS
Build the mental resilience modern leadership requires
PRACTICAL TOOLS
Ideas you can apply immediately
Plus: The identity transformation required to lead differently - not just new techniques, but becoming a different kind of leader.
About the Author
Firooz Firoozmand has spent 17 years helping leaders find clarity in complexity.
Through facilitation and coaching across diverse organizational contexts - and before that, leading teams in banking and academic research - Firooz recognized a pattern: capable leaders making reactive decisions based on pressure rather than purpose, urgency rather than values.
This recognition led to the development of MQNA, a practical framework for shifting from reactive to reflective leadership.
Through Capacity2Grow Firooz works with leaders and organizations globally, helping them navigate our complex, interconnected world with greater clarity, authenticity, and purpose.
Firooz Firoozmand has also co-authored peer-reviewed research on transformative learning and learning practices in community development, published in journals including Journal of Cleaner Production and Action Research. See end of the reference list below.
The Tensions Aren't Going Away
But you can learn to navigate them with wisdom.
Leadership Rewired offers practical tools, research-backed insights, and the identity shifts required for modern leadership.
From heroic individual to collaborative capability activator.
From projecting certainty to navigating complexity with authenticity.
From solving problems alone to creating conditions for collective wisdom.
Ready to explore a different way of leading?
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Research Behind Leadership Rewired
Leadership Rewired draws on insights from research across leadership studies, psychology, neuroscience, and organizational behavior. The works below represent some of the key influences informing the ideas explored in the book.
5. McKinsey & Company. "Why Diversity Matters." McKinsey & Company, January 2015.
6. Lieberman, Matthew D. Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect. New York: Crown Publishers, 2013.
8. Dweck, Carol S. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House, 2006.
9. Hong, Lu, and Scott E. Page. Same as #7.
14. Michael A. Cusumano, David B. Yoffie, and Annabelle Gawer, “The Future of Platforms,” MIT Sloan Management Review, February 11, 2020, https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-future-of-platforms/
15. Amabile, Teresa M. Same as #3.
16. Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.
17. Christensen, Clayton M. Same as #4.
18. Lieberman, Matthew D. Same as #6.
19. Edmondson, Amy C. "Psychological Safety in Virtual Teams." Harvard Business Review, 2022.
22. McKinsey & Company, “The Seven Decisions That Matter in a Digital Transformation,” McKinsey & Company, March 2015,https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-seven-decisions-that-matter-in-a-digital-transformation
25. Tushman, Michael L., and Charles A. O’Reilly III. Same as #13.
27. Woolley, Anita Williams, Christopher F. Chabris, Alex Pentland, Nada Hashmi, and Thomas W. Malone.
33. Bandura, Albert. Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1997.
34. Sweller, John, Paul Ayres, and Slava Kalyuga. Cognitive Load Theory. New York: Springer, 2011.
36. “Three Decades of Glocalization Research: A Bibliometric Analysis,” Cogent Social Sciences (2023).
Firooz Firoozmand's Published Research