Category Archives: Leadership
Competencies to deal with the challenge of TRANSFORMATION
Nobody doubts any more, at this stage, that we are undergoing a point of inflection which will mark our history. A moment in which, without yet having any grasp of how, we are clear that many aspects of our society … Continue reading
Zoom out/zoom in. An alternative approach to strategy in a world that defies predictions by John Hagel & John Seely Brown
A much needed contribution at this time of change and disruption in which traditional 5-year planning is useless. John Hagel is co-chairman of Deloitte Center of the Edge and the most calm speaker I’ve heard at Singularity University. The only one, … Continue reading
DisruptiON! Far Beyond INNOVATION
Disruption. In recent years this is probably one of the most over-used words in the world of business. Presented as something which goes far beyond innovation per se, disruption makes the change derived from incremental or evolving innovations pale in … Continue reading
Supporting and empowering young calibers to become entrepreneurs. Rowad 2030 Project
A true pleasure to have been invited (as a faculty and expert in the field of Design Thinking) by the University of Cambridge to teach in the MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management in Cairo the week of March 4, … Continue reading
The 10 most in-demand skills in 2019 according to LinkedIn. Creativity at the Top!
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/the-hard-and-soft-skills-to-futureproof-your-career-according-to-linkedin/
Digital Strategy: The four fights you have to win
According to Tanguy Catlin senior partner in McKinsey’s Boston office, leaders that want their companies, first, to survive and, ultimately, to thrive in today’s digital environment, have to fight and win in four fronts: 1. Ignorance. 2. Fear. 3. Guesswork. … Continue reading
Re-Think! Turbulence, Black Swans, Disruption and Change. READY TO RE-THINK EVERYTHING?
“Fasten your seatbelts… there are sharp bends up ahead!!!” Executives today face a convulsive environment that is marked by two relevant facts: still the effects of the 2008 crisis and the impact that exponential technologies are already having. In a … Continue reading
Where is technology taking the economy? by W.Brian Arthur
“We are creating an intelligence that is external to humans and housed in the virtual economy. This is bringing us into a new economic era -a distributive one- where different rules apply”. October 2017 McKinsey Quarterly. Follow the link to … Continue reading
Redefining Leadership for a Digital Age by Rainer Neubauer, Andrew Tarling and Michael Wade
Many leaders today find it challenging to cope with the increasing pace and unpredictability of change. The root cause of this change is disruption fueled by digitisation. This report seeks to explore the skills, 4 competences and 3 behaviours that … Continue reading