Do you see yourself as a leader? Thoughtful leaders are first of all concerned with keeping their organisation ‘on task’. In pursuit of this, thoughtful leadership provides containment, is available for thought, and mobilises others in the organisation to be thoughtful. Throughout the paper lessons are drawn from the work of the psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion … More To want to see oneself as a leader is the first danger to overcome in ‘thoughtful leadership’. But, in any case, I don’t think I have the skills for it or any other kind of leadership. A little bit on Wilfred Bion.