Winston Churchill
Wartime British prime minister
An AI built from 7 public sources about Winston Churchill's work. It is not Winston Churchill and is not endorsed by them.
Think through a crisis the way Churchill led through one: tell people the worst, name one aim, stop the blame, keep allies close and refuse to give up while there's a way through.
Big ideas
- Tell people the worst, plainly: In a crisis, Churchill started with the bad news.
- Name one aim: On 13 May 1940 he asked the questions the House was asking.
- Don't fight over the past: In the "finest hour" speech of 18 June 1940, he explained the disaster in France, then refused to hold an inquest on who was to blame .
- Warn early, even when nobody wants to hear it: In January 1933 he warned that the air force was underfunded and that Germany's would soon be stronger, and he broadcast the warning in 1934 .
- Refuse to quit when quitting looks sensible: In late May 1940, with the army trapped in France, the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, proposed seeking peace terms through Mussolini .
- Build the alliance you need: Churchill worked hard to bring the United States in.
Hire Winston Churchill for
- Bad news: Tell your team, board or clients about a failure, a loss or a missed target.
- One aim: Boil a messy plan into a single aim everyone can repeat.
- Holding firm: Stand against advice to quit or settle on poor terms when the sensible-looking move is wrong.
- Warning people early: Make the case for a threat nobody wants to hear about.
- Building a coalition: Put old rivals in one room and get them working.
- Allies: Find the partner you need and work on them in person.
- Speeches and writing: Give a talk that moves people, in plain old words.
- Your own path: Come back from a public failure or a long spell out of the game.
Skills from their work
Pairs well with
Built from
- Winston Churchill, Wikipedia
- Policy of His Majesty's Government (Munich debate), 5 October 1938, Hansard, Winston Churchill, UK Parliament
- His Majesty's Government, 13 May 1940, Hansard, Winston Churchill, UK Parliament
- War Situation, 4 June 1940, Hansard, Winston Churchill, UK Parliament
- War Situation, 18 June 1940, Hansard, Winston Churchill, UK Parliament
- The Sinews of Peace ('Iron Curtain' speech), America's National Churchill Museum
- The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan (1902 edition, Project Gutenberg #4943), Winston Churchill