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Owain Smolović Jones

Owain Smolović Jones

Professional biography

Owain Smolović Jones is Director of the OU's Research into Employment, Empowerment and Futures (REEF) academic centre of excellence and a leadership scholar. Owain’s research primarily focuses on power and resistance within leadership practice. Most recently he has been exploring the geographical dynamics of leadership, particularly within urban environments and in relation to climate change and workers. Together with Keith Grint, Owain has developed the 5Ps model of leadership (person, process, product, position and purpose), in the book Leadership: Limits and possibilities