Constructing Leadership 4.0 (eBook)

Swarm Leadership and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Richard Kelly (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2019
214 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319980621 (ISBN)

Infos

The Fourth Industrial Revolution signals a sea change in the way we lead our organisations. Moving away from relational leadership and horizontal, organisationally-led development, it is imperative that business leaders are able to adapt to more networked organisations and shift away from dated assumptions of positional power. Constructing Leadership 4.0 breaks new ground by explaining the urgent challenges facing managers and business leaders. It will teach you how to:

• Approach leadership development as a system rather than a programme
• Develop an organisational ecosystem to support leadership 4.0
• Build collaborative networks
Cultivate a responsive mindset through sensemaking
• Use non-classroom based learning methodologies for educating leaders

Rooted in leadership development methodology and underpinned by cutting-edge research, this book calls for businesses to cultivate responsive leaders through a theory of connectivism and swarm intelligence that reflects the coming cybernetic revolution.

Autor

Richard Kelly has spent 25 years developing leaders. Working in both public and private sectors he has developed leaders at all levels of the organisation both in the UK and overseas. Over the last 15 years, Richard has worked as an independent leadership consultant based in Europe and South America. Currently, he is the CEO of a niche leadership consulting company based in the UK, with British, European and South American clients, that seeks to develop leaders at a systems level.

Inhalt

Preface 6
About the Book 9
Contents 13
Abbreviations 15
List of Figures 17
List of Tables 18
1: Introductory Chapter: Towards Leadership 4.0 19
The Four Pillars of Learning and the Elephant in the Room 21
Leadership One … Two … Three … Four 28
Leadership 1.0 30
Leadership 2.0 30
Leadership 3.0 31
The Nature of Leadership 4.0 33
2: Making Connections 41
Industry 1.0 and the Natural (Disciplinary) Leader 42
Industry 2.0 and the Transactional (Directive) Leader 43
Industry 3.0 and the Relational (Transformational) Leader 45
Industry 4.0 and the Responsive (Connected) Leader 47
Global Hyperconnectivity 48
Transhumanism and Intelligence Amplification 52
Robotics and AI 53
Data-ism 55
Alternative Sources of Energy and Power to Transport People and Goods 56
The Four Systems and a Theory of Cybernetics 59
3: Introducing a Systems and Vertical Approach to Developing Leaders 68
It Is Biased Towards Cognitively Developing Leaders 71
It Encourages the Idea of Succession Rite 72
Management Assignments Are Used to Groom Leaders 73
It Leads to a Fixation on Measuring Leaders 74
The Primary Method of Developing Leaders Is Still Via Discredited Formal Classroom Training 74
It Reinforces Horizontal Development and a Culture of Dependency 76
It Reinforces Positional Power 77
How Can We Do Things Differently? 77
Leadership as a System 78
From Dependency to Readiness 79
4: Leadership Development and Structure—From Egosystems to Ecosystems 86
Centralised (Closed) Structures 87
Patriarchal Organisation 89
Hierarchical Organisation 89
Decentralised Structures 90
Matrix Organisation 92
Company Profile: Starbucks 93
Strategic Business Unit 93
Company Profile: Walt Disney Company (Disney) 94
Ecosystems 94
Team-Led Structures 96
Company Focus: Whole Foods 96
Lattice Structure 97
Company Profile: W.L. Gore & Associates
Holacracy 98
Company Profile: Zappos 99
Swarm Enterprise 101
Company Profile 1: Daimler AG 104
Company Profile 2: Typeform 106
Fostering Leadership Through Organisational Structure and Design 106
5: Leadership Development and Connections—From Leading Through Structures to Leading Through Networks 117
The Nature of Networks 118
Centralised Networks 119
Decentralised Networks 120
Distributed Networks 120
Examples of Open Innovation 123
Practical Considerations and Principles for Building Collaborative Networks 124
Some Basic Principles for Building Collaborative Networks 127
Towards Swarm Leadership 129
6: Leadership Development and Mindsets—From Directive to Collective Behaviour 138
From Decision-Making to Sensemaking 139
Practical Ways to Enhance Sensemaking 140
Reclaiming Old Models 140
1. Mental Models 140
2. Ladder of Inference 140
3. Frame Reflection 141
4. The Iceberg Model 141
5. Scenario Planning 141
Cynefin Framework 142
Case Study: Agile Software Development 143
From Charismatic Authority to Swarm Intelligence 144
Practical Ways to Develop Swarm Intelligence 145
Cultivating Multiple Intelligences 146
Collaborative Intelligence 147
Preferences 147
Focus on Others 148
Lead Through Conversation 148
Understand Social Network Theory 148
Utilise Collaboration Tools 148
Group Improvement (Kaizen) 149
Kaizen and Stages of Learning 149
Feedback and Coaching 149
Dealing with Constant Change and Ambiguity 150
Self-Assessment 150
Virtual Reality Games 151
From Analogue to Digital Mindsets 152
Practical Ways to Develop Digital Quotient 152
Network Perspective 152
Navigationalism 153
Information Transparency 153
Towards New Pedagogical Methodologies for Developing Business Leadership Mindsets to Embrace a Volatile World 154
Technology-Based Learning 155
Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality 155
Leadership Development and Future Technological Trends 156
Networked Learning 156
Self-Directed and Metalearning 157
A Different Approach to Developing Leadership Mindset 158
7: Future-Proofing Organisations for Leadership 4.0 168
The Three Realties 169
Specific Actions Organisational Decision-Makers Need to Take to Respond to These Realties 171
Structure 171
Connections 173
Mindsets 174
The Role of the LD Advisor 176
Managing the Change Process 177
Phased Transition 178
Networked Learning Organisation 181
Education and Culture Programmes 182
Recruitment and Redundancies 182
Epilogue 190
Glossary of Terms Used 193
Bibliography 200
Index 216

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.11.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XXI, 214 p. 15 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Cognitivism • Connectivism • Constructivism • Industry 4.0 • Leadership mindset
• ISBN-13: 9783319980621 / 9783319980621