This video really drives home the point that we can use technology to work together in different ways – our ways of collaborating have to change.
As an example of leadership, the chief of this tribe is firmly focused on the future for himself and his people. He had the vision to take completely foreign technology, see the potential for connecting with large numbers of people, and to use that to move his tribe into a new phase of fighting for their lands and their culture.
Would you be this quick to recognize the opportunities new technologies offer?
An extraordinary video of swarming birds, with a narration by Don Tapscott of Wikinomics and Macrowikinomics fame. He uses this as a metaphor for the possibility for humans of mutual awareness, consciousness and connectivity. One of the more interesting points is that the birds change leadership constantly and dynamically – are you ready to take leadership when it makes sense for you? Are you ready to allow others to lead when its right for your goals? Is this already happening in your organization?
Leadership lessons can sometimes come from unexpected places. The recent HBR series on leadership lessons from the military has revealed some interesting insights. This article by Col. Bernard Banks discusses the importance of experiential training in creating leaders that can think critically in a variety of situations. “The goal is not to teach them what [...]
What will your job be in 2030? What is the future of employment? What are the jobs and careers for the future? What can we expect to be doing 20 years from now? What will our children likely be doing when they enter the workplace? The only certainty is that the jobs and careers of [...]
If we stand a chance to deal with the massive challenges facing us to create a positive future, we will need to become highly skilled at connecting and collaborating. FutureSmart working and leading will require extraordinary levels of connection and collaboration. One key application of this is in getting technical experts working together for solutions [...]
The future is coming at us all the time, day by day. To succeed you need to have the right mindset and an awareness of the nature of the change coming at you. Jim Carroll’s “Ten things that are true about the future” is a good summary of the things to keep in mind when [...]
Happiness is typically seen as a soft, intangible concept with no place in business. It never appears on a spreadsheet or a yearly report. But could focusing on these intangibles be the key to doing business in the future? Chip Conley believes in focusing on the intangibles – such as well-being and happiness – in [...]
What will give your company an advantage in the future? Umair Haque claims that there is a shift in how companies gain advantage. He argues that we are shifting away from an old model of extractive and protective advantages to an allocative and creative future. “The future of advantage is radically different from the past [...]
Is bigger necessarily better? Will you be prepared to lead in the future if you simply work your way up to managing areas with a larger scope? Is your desire to manage more people with a bigger budget really setting you up for success tomorrow? Scott Anthony argues that the focus of current leadership development [...]
Jason Clay, in this TED.com video, talks about how his work on biodiversity with the WWF led to getting big brand companies to focus on the future. Maintaining biodiversity and then carefully using the finite resources of the planet is essential to our future survival. The initiative Clay talks about in this video is a [...]
