Thanks to a grant from ICMA-RC, ICMA is able to bring you the Leading Ideas Series. And if you're going to the 100th Anniversary conference in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, look for the latest interview, Jim Collins on Great by Choice, in your registration bag!

In the interview with ICMA Executive Director Bob O'Neill, Jim navigates us through his nine-year research project to determine the characteristics of organizations and leaders that thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others that do not. In the conversation, Jim and Bob discuss the characteristics of Level 5 Leaders in the uncertainty era, the value proposition of professional management, leaving a legacy, and more.

If you don't want to wait, you can watch this video online now, and all the Leading Ideas interviews, at icma.org/leadingideas.

The ICMA Leading Ideas Series captures the insights of prominent authors and innovative thinkers on leadership and management topics. The emphasis is on how their creative ideas apply to local government leadership.