Future-Ready Leadership: Strategies for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
byChris R. Groscurth, PhD, PCC, is a leadership and organizational effectiveness expert. For the past 20 years he has worked as a researcher and strategic advisor to leaders across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, government, and education.
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Groscurth, Chris. Future-Ready Leadership: Strategies for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Praeger, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440865237.
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Provides executive leadership teams with the information, tools, and advice they need to lead their organizations into the "future of work," characterized by transformative, smart, and connected technologies already under way, including artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and automation.
• Fully unpacks what 4IR and the rise of new industries will require from leaders• Illuminates the central role played by behavioral economics in the 4IR era, rather than just the macroeconomic implications for society of the convergence of the megatrends under way
• Introduces tools for helping leaders to prepare themselves and assess their organization's readiness for managing high-velocity change
• Provides a roadmap for rethinking how learning and development are fostered in "always-on" learning organizations of the future
• Clarifies the critical role of public-private collaborations in meeting the development needs of the future of work
• Introduces discernment as a strategy for managing future-of-work ethical decisions that inevitably accompany the integration of AI in the work force
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Future-Ready Leadership: Strategies for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Author(s): Groscurth, Chris;Contributors: Groscurth, Chris;Abstract:Provides executive leadership teams with the information, tools, and advice they need to lead their organizations into the "future of work," characterized by transformative, smart, and connected technologies already under way, including artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and automation.
• Fully unpacks what 4IR and the rise of new industries will require from leaders• Illuminates the central role played by behavioral economics in the 4IR era, rather than just the macroeconomic implications for society of the convergence of the megatrends under way
• Introduces tools for helping leaders to prepare themselves and assess their organization's readiness for managing high-velocity change
• Provides a roadmap for rethinking how learning and development are fostered in "always-on" learning organizations of the future
• Clarifies the critical role of public-private collaborations in meeting the development needs of the future of work
• Introduces discernment as a strategy for managing future-of-work ethical decisions that inevitably accompany the integration of AI in the work force
SortTitle: future-ready leadership: strategies for the fourth industrial revolutionAuthor Info:Chris R. GroscurthauthorChris R. Groscurth, PhD, PCC, is a leadership and organizational effectiveness expert. For the past 20 years he has worked as a researcher and strategic advisor to leaders across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, government, and education.
eISBN-13: 9781440865237Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440865237.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440865220Imprint: PraegerPages: 192Publication Date: 20180831- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Acknowledgments ix10
- Chapter 1. Leadership for the Fourth Industrial Revolution 112
- What Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution? 415
- A (Very) Brief History of the 4IR 516
- What Does the 4IR Mean for Leaders, Followers, and Organizations? 718
- Smart, Connected Leadership: A Strategy for Collaborative Advantage 819
- Toward a Smart, Connected Model of Leadership 1122
- Let the Journey Begin 1223
- Chapter 2. Presence 1324
- Future-Ready Leadership Demands Presence 1526
- Smart, Connected Presence of Mind 2031
- The Captain’s Leadership Presence 2132
- Should We Believe the Captain’s Story? 2637
- How to Cultivate Presence in Self 2637
- Minding Your Presence of Mind 3243
- Cultivating Presence in Others 3950
- Wanted: More Deep Dialogue 4556
- Chapter Summary 5364
- Chapter 3. Agility 5566
- Future-Ready Leaders Are Responsive and Agile 5667
- What Is Velocity? 5869
- Some Sobering Statistics about Workplace Disruption 5970
- Becoming an Agile, High-Velocity Leader 6273
- Mastering Direction in an Age of Uncertainty 6677
- The Paradox of Acceleration 6879
- Connecting Speed, Direction, and Acceleration 7182
- Preparing Followers for High-Velocity Change 7485
- A How-To Guide for Getting Followers Ready for High-Velocity Change 7586
- Chapter Summary 7990
- Chapter 4. Collaboration 8192
- The Case for Collaborative Advantage 8495
- Collaborative Advantage Requires Upskilling Team Leaders and HR 8899
- Why Collaborative Leaders Are So Hard to Find 89100
- A Smarter Collaboration Framework 94105
- Deeper Diagnosis of Dimitri’s Dilemma 102113
- The Smart Collaboration From/To Table 103114
- Developing a Collaborative Mindset 107118
- Beyond an Empowerment Mindset 110121
- Transforming Mindset Thought Experiment 111122
- Chapter Summary 116127
- Chapter 5. Development 117128
- Chapter 6. Discernment 145156
- Conclusion: Leading in the New Frontier 167178
- Appendix: Future-Proofing Strategies Tool Kit 171182
- Notes 173184
- Index 177188