Future Organization

Throughout the history of business, employees had to adapt to managers and managers had to adapt to organizations. In the future, this is reversed with managers and organizations adapting to employees. This means that in order to succeed and thrive, organizations must rethink and challenge everything they know about work. The demographics of employees are changing and so are employee expectations, values, attitudes, and styles of working.

Michael D. Watkins, an expert on leadership transitions and organizational success, returns to the page with a new how-to guide for the modern leader. Here, he presents the six disciplines that separate the great from the good. Developed over the course of his storied career, Watkins’ approach to strategic thinking—"a set of mental disciplines leaders use to recognize potential threats and opportunities, establish priorities, and mobilize themselves and their organizations to envision and enact promising paths forward”.

How did Ford Motors use Lean development to pull off one of the most impressive corporate turnarounds in history? Largely by avoiding the mistakes that so many companies make when in a death spiral. They looked beyond manufacturing efficiency to change the very fundamentals of how they developed vehicles. In Designing the Future, Lean product development expert James Morgan and world-renowned Lean guru Jeffrey K. Liker reveal why so many companies have achieved only moderate success with Lean in operations, with a limited impact on their overall business.

AI MINDSHIFT: Unlock the Power of AI Without Losing Your Human Touch – A Strategic Guide to Future-Proofing Your Business with Innovation, Insight, and Authenticity In the rapidly evolving world of AI, how do you stay ahead of the curve without losing what makes your business uniquely human? AI MINDSHIFT by Ford Saeks is your essential guide to navigating the complex landscape of artificial intelligence, offering practical and strategic insights that will help you unlock the power of AI—while avoiding its pitfalls. Whether you’re a business leader, entrepreneur, or manager, this book ...

Our future is written by hopes, fears, dreams, expectations, and decisions made about life. In the same way, organizations have futures written by history, circumstances, culture, aspirations, successes, and failures. These already-written futures determine and shape the level of performance that's possible for individuals and organizations. Authors Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan crack the code on rewriting the future for people and organizations, elevating performance to unprecedented levels.

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called the Bullet Journal that helped him become consistently focused and effective. Then it went viral. To his astonishment, Bullet Journaling is now a global movement. The Bullet Journal Method is about much more than organizing your notes and to-do lists. It's about what Carroll calls "intentional living": weeding out distractions and focusing your time and energy in pursuit of what's truly meaningful.

Today's organizations face two daunting challenges: how to create new sources of competitive advantage to sustain long-term growth, and how to engage leaders at every level of the organization so that they are more proactive and forward-looking in their area of responsibility. The Art of Strategic Leadership uses a unique approach to examine what it means to be a strategic leader.

In their new book, Paul Leinwand and Mahadeva Matt Mani, both members of the PwC US partnership and the Strategy & Global team, help leaders navigate these profound and historical shifts and provide a road map for reshaping their companies. Building on major new body of research, along with case studies of companies on the vanguard of this major shift, the authors identify the seven imperatives that leaders must follow as the digital age continues to evolve

AWARD-WINNING #1 BEST SELLING AUTHOR Jonathan H. Westover, PhD is the # 1 ranked HR, Innovation, and Future of Work Global Thought Leader & Influencer (Thinkers360), ranked in the Top 30 in Management and Organizational Culture (Global Gurus), and named to LeadersHum's Power List of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership to watch for in 2022. Stemming from two decades of professional experience and over 600 in-depth interviews with executives, thought leaders, and scholars from across the globe, The Future Leader will help you explore the ordinary, everyday actions that will help you to ...

It's no secret that technology is moving faster than ever, but current business/IT strategies are not working. To survive the next wave of transformation, the relationship between businesses and technology must evolve. In The Value Flywheel Effect, David Anderson enables leaders to create an adaptive organization built upon embracing strategic thinking, team focus, and reduced time to value to drive business results.

In a rapidly evolving business landscape where AI, remote work, and shifting employee expectations have fundamentally changed how we work, leaders need evidence-based strategies to navigate complexity and build resilient organizations. Dr. Jonathan H. Westover delivers exactly that with this groundbreaking practitioner-oriented research book. Drawing on cutting-edge research and decades of organizational consulting experience, Dr. Westover provides an essential roadmap for forward-thinking leaders, HR professionals, and managers who understand that yesterday's workplace solutions no longer ...

WFH: Securing The Future For Your OrganizationThe Covid-19 pandemic sent a shockwave throughout the world in 2020. As medical specialists struggled to cope with the implications of an unexpected global pandemic, business leaders were asking how their companies could function when quarantine and lockdowns prevented employees from traveling to an office.Work from home (WFH) was the answer. Millions of people started working from improvised home offices in an impromptu social experiment that nobody could have imagined in 2019. Kitchen tables became boardrooms and the sound of dogs barking was ...

What is strategic thinking exactly? Are we born with it, or can we nurture it? As a distinct and important capability in leaders, strategic thinking is a remarkably poorly defined, little understood concept, confined to management courses and board meetings. But in The Art of Strategic Thinking, world-renowned expert Michael Watkins shows leaders how they can benefit from it, as long as they have the tools to nurture it.

How can America's healthcare system be transformed to provide consistently higher-quality and lower-cost care? Nothing else in healthcare matters more. Prescription for the Future identifies some standout medical organizations that have achieved higher-quality, more patient-focused, and lower-cost care, and from their examples distills 12 transformational practices that could transform the entire healthcare sector.

El autor del bestseller Los primeros 90 días presenta un nuevo marco práctico para ayudar a los líderes a pensar de manera estratégica, una de las habilidades que se necesitan más que nunca en un mundo en cambio constante.

6X Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author and Podcaster; Leadership, HR, Innovation, Future of Work, & Culture Global Thought Leader; Chair/Professor of Organizational Leadership; Change/OD/HR/Social Impact Consultant; Ranked in the top 20 of global researchers in the following topic areas - "Future of Work," "Global Leadership," "Organizational Development, "Public Service Motivation," and "Social Impact" (Google Scholar); ScholarGPS has ranked him the #18 scholar in the world for job satisfaction research. The world of work is undergoing rapid and unprecedented change. Technological ...

"As a transformation guru, Nick Jankel's ideas are as relevant to the newest startup as they are to the oldest public institution." Head of White House Office Of Social Innovation; Special Advisor to President Obama A tour de force that brings together, in one book, the essential science, wisdom, and tools to become a truly transformational leader—from one of the world’s preeminent theorists and practitioners of transformational leadership. Whether you are a leader in a bold multinational, an ambitious start-up, a purposeful social enterprise, a determined government department, ...

We're in a major shift in a fundamental aspect of how businesses grow, how buyers purchase, and how businesses build meaningful conversations and customer relationships. Companies who align their mission, strategies, action plans, and tools with the way buyers think, learn, discover, and purchase will have a huge competitive advantage. Inbound Organization shows leaders how to build their company's future around "inbound" principles and strengthen the structural foundations necessary to deal with the changes in buyer behavior.

By now you’ve heard the buzz about Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), and how they are going to redefine how we work and earn. But when you peel away the hype and tech jargon, what are they really? In How to DAO, industry veterans Kevin Owocki and Puncar take you on an illuminating journey into the world of groundbreaking change, exploring the principles of decentralized finance, and teaching the brass tacks of setting up and managing your own DAO, from smart contracts to governance and innovation.

Dynamic capability management provides the road map for proactive disruption. It helps modern businesses deal with volatility, rapid growth, and new skills in a much smarter manner. This groundbreaking book explains why dynamic capability management is the way to go for the future-ready organization. It demonstrates how traditional management practices are evolving to meet the needs of a blended workforce. It shatters conventional organizational structures, provides a robust new talent framework, and presents a practical blueprint to make any business truly future-ready.