Your Guide to Navigate Through the Badlands
Here, at the Badlands Blog, I will continue to share my insights, actions and tools to make this a successful journey as a leader and an organization. I am an optimist, and I believe passionately that we can build a great future that includes all of us—but not without making radical changes to how we work and live, focusing consciously and continually on doing the right thing globally. We have the resources, both human and material, to do this, but there is no external force or agent that guarantees we will succeed. Participation is not optional. The new environment, with its continual supply of disruptions, will force us to make new choices. To accomplish our mission of shaping the next era, each of us needs to undertake a hero’s journey in quest of a new way of life, embracing the uncertainties along the way and endowing with courage the diverse peoples of our global world. Throughout history the hero’s journey has always been painful; this one will be no different. Luckily, we can learn the leadership insights and lessons from the pioneers already beyond the Badlands.
Are you ready to lead the journey of a lifetime?
The “Badlands” — A Concept of the Unfolding Story of Global Transformation
In geographic parlance, “Badlands” are a type of terrain of soft, rocky soil often eroded by water and rain. Treacherous slopes, minimal vegetation, precarious gullies – and also dramatic canyons, soaring mesas and glistening
Where Are You Leading Your Organization?
“The past isn’t dead, it’s not even past”- William Faulkner You are still in the Badlands, a metaphor for the transition zones between eras. With the recession of 2008 distant in the rear-view mirror
8 Principles of Leadership to Navigate the Badlands to 2030 (Part 1)
As we look back at our journey through the Badlands since 2000, over the last 15 years and on toward 2030, we see that that the economy in which we started our journey is
8 Principles of Leadership to Navigate the Badlands to 2030 (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this Article, we explored the first four principles of leadership to exit the Badlands. The final four are discussed below. 5. Radical Innovation As you exit the Badlands, it is
Leadership Insights and Lessons from Pioneers Deep into the Badlands
The future doesn’t arrive for everyone all at the same time.There are pioneer leaders already deep in the Badlands and on their journey to the Far Foothills of the Future planning to cross over
How Your Company Can Harness the 4 Laws of the Future
Every leader should learn to think systematically about the future before making important decisions of any kind, especially in the fast-breaking volatile times we experience today. Seemingly never-ending uncertainty reigns. Business and the economy
Apply the Lessons from “Historical Cycles of Disruptive Innovation”
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