Global Leadership Programme Panel Reports

Foreword by The Rt Hon The Lord Robertson KT GCMG, Chair of the Churchill 21^st Century Statesmanship Global Leaders Programme:

'In 1908 Winston Churchill said “What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who live in it after we are gone?”  

In this spirit I commend these reports and hope that they are read far and wide.  They have been written by an insightful group of men and women who bring a complement of experience, fresh thinking and diverse views. Exactly the sort of wise counsel that Winston Churchill himself would have sought. 

Global leaders today face a complex web of problems and challenges including environmental change; war and terror; mass migration; disruptive new technologies; and less deferential populations. These, and more, are all explored in the papers published today.

The Churchill 21^st century leadership programme has two core aims: to identify and build a better understanding of the greatest challenges facing the world today; and to equip future generations with the skills required for modern leadership. By such means we will, in Churchill’s words, ‘make this muddled world a better place’.

The Military Instrument in the 21^st Century – Royal College of Defence Studies, Sir Tom Phillips, General Sir Richard Barrons and others

Statesmanship in a Scientific Age – Churchill College and Centre for Science Policy Cambridge, Dame Athene Donald, Dr Robert Doubleday and others

Instability and Conflict in the 21^st Century – King’s College London, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, King’s Think Tank next generation leaders and others

The Future of Democracy in the Digital Age – Ditchley Foundation, Sir John Holmes,  Lord Peter Hennessy and others

Leadership in Conflict and War: The Transatlantic Intelligence Relationship  - Royal United Services Institute, Professor Michael Clarke, John D Negroponte and others

Climate Change Risk and Response – The Met Office, Sir David King, Dame Julia Slingo and others 

21^st Century Power: Dislocation, Diffusion and Decay – LSE IDEAS , Professor Michael Cox, Sir David Manning and others 

Leadership, Vision and Development –  UNDP Global Centre for Public Service Excellence, Max Everest-Phillips and others 

Livestock – Climate Change’s Forgotten Sector – Chatham House, Rob Bailey, Antony Froggatt and others 

Faith and Religion in the 21^st Century -  St Mary’s University, Von Hugel Institute, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme, Theos, Faith in Leadership, Francis Campbell, Professor David Ford and others 

Business and Finance – Tomorrow’s Company, Harriet Green, Mark Goyder and others 

Next Generation Leadership: Paving The Road to Leadership – Learn To Lead, Møller Centre Churchill College Cambridge, Krish Raval, Gillian Secrett and others

Thinking the Unthinkable:  A New Imperative for Leadership in the Digital Age – Nik Gowing and Chris Langdon, and CIMA

Practical Leadership: Capabilities and Behaviours to Adapt and Thrive in the 21^st Century – Møller Centre Churchill College Cambridge – Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla, Gillian Secrett and others

Work and Wellbeing in the 21^st Century – Manchester University and BT Group, Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Dr Paul Litchfield, and others

Culture, the Arts, and Soft Power – Barbican Centre, British Council, and Creative Industries Federation, Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Sir Roger Gifford and others

Transformative Leadership in the Service of the Public – Institute for Security and Resilience Studies at University College London, Lord John Reid, Bernard Jenkin MP and others - THIS REPORT WAS THE LAST TO BE COMMISSIONED AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN DUE COURSE

 

Read more about how Churchill has continued to inspire today's leaders in our Churchill Today and Tomorrow section.