Futurework the Book
Changes in where we lead have caused significant shifts in how we lead.
Why wait for the future
Tomorrow
When you can create it
Today
2022 has arrived and we’re ready for it.
With online Masterclasses and a new Lunch & Learn series including Hybrid Working, it might not be the future we all aspired to but…
It’s a challenge for today we’re ready to be inspired by.
When venturing forward into the unknown, it helps to be equipped with a guidebook. With that in mind we’ve written a new book Futurework – A Guidebook for The Future of Work.
The first edition of Futurework will be available in April 2022 as a digital download with the print version available for ordering soon after.
The future waits for no-one, so explore the Preview Edition now before the future of Futurework arrives and join us in May for the 2022 Futurework Leadership Programme.
Futurework excerpt
Chapter 8: The Evolution of Leadership
If you fail to notice
The gradual
Evolution
All of a sudden
A disruptive
Revolution
Arrives
Over the last three centuries many of our workplaces have changed dramatically. In times past, the majority of us would have been working outside in the fields. Earning our living by tending to the land to feed our families.
Now the closest many of our working days get to being outside, is to gaze out the window or escape outside for lunch. Instead of tending to the land, many of our days are now spent tending to information to earn a living.
Meanwhile those who do still work the land have seen almost as dramatic a shift in the nature of their work. Throughout time the weather has had a major impact on agricultural planning, with the way decisions are made evolving significantly. Adapting from making decisions by looking to the sky with an experienced eye, to now also gazing at screens with data informing where best to allocate time and resources. While the equipment used has dramatically evolved from human-powered to horse-powered, then to machinery-powered and now robotic-powered.
These profound changes have also required a significant shift in the way we lead. Whether leading a nation, an industry, an organisation, a team or just ourselves, changes in where we lead have caused significant shifts in how we lead.
In the past leaders could inspire others by being the smartest person in the room…
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