In an increasingly complex world, appointed leaders simply don’t know enough to decide what is new and better. Leadership is a group sport, not an individual heroic activity. Credit: Edgar Schein Source: Egon Zehnder in conversation with Ed Schein (9-July-2019)People: Edgar ScheinEdgar Schein Professor Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of … Continue reading Leadership Is a Group Sport, Not an Individual Heroic Activity Edgar Schein
The Anthropocene Conclusion: Two Worlds Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Human history spans 200,000 years, marked by a significant shift from survival in the natural world to today’s entangled, complex socio-technical world. Our brains, shaped for simpler times, struggle to navigate this new complexity. To survive, we must adapt our thinking to better … Continue reading Two Worlds Learning to live in an entangled world
Discrediting People ** Pollution of the Global Information Ecosystem Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter The Global Information Ecosystem is a metaphor for the vast sea of interrelated, mainly digital information, in which we live. As we move deeper into #World 2 and the digital age, everything goes digital, and we find ourselves living … Continue reading The Global Information Ecosystem We live in a vast sea of information
Our World Is a Mess Our World Is Complex Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter We have entered a new world that is increasingly dynamic and hyperconnected. This has massive consequences for us. Connectedness In the last 75 years, with the rapid advance of technology, the advent of cheap global transportation, and, more recently, … Continue reading Our World Is Hyperconnected The world is an increasingly connected place
