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
We live in two worlds. The natural World #1, in which we evolved, and the socio-technical-economic World #2 we humans have constructed. World #1 is a simple world. World # 2 is a complex one. Introduction Elsewhere in this blook, look briefly at the socio-technical history of humankind. Here I summarise that history and explain … Continue reading We Live in Two Worlds The simple and the complex
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 and working in a vast web of digital information. As of January 2020, over 6 billion … Continue reading The Global Information Ecosystem We live in a vast sea of information
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, the birth of the Internet and the world wide web, the world has become more connected. … Continue reading Our World Is Hyperconnected The world is an increasingly connected place
