Why Organizations Reset Transformations
Taking a systemic view, assessing the organization’s current state and capacity for change will go a long way in helping organizations understand and plan appropriately for the true scope needed for a successful transformation. Surely, most of us have heard that only...
What Will the Future Hold? City Sprawl & Systems Dynamics
Instead of extending the current design-for-the-car into the future, we could shift the key variables of the current system and design a future that empowers environment and citizen mobility. In early 2017, we became homeowners and moved to our new home right after my...
A Future Smart Perspective: Key for Organizational Resiliency Tomorrow
In today’s global market, organizations must understand the importance of how to effectively develop their leadership and organizations to be future smart. Being future smart means that organizations develop a future perspective that incorporates current trends into...
Leadership in a Globalized World
Leaders must possess a global mindset, i.e., the mindset to think globally and adapt where needed while assisting the development of an embodied leadership that is authentic to their true selves. Globalization has permeated the world and is quickly restructuring the...
Societal Change in the Smart City: Empowered Citizens & Futures 2030 and Beyond
The concentrated critical mass of citizens moving to and residing in cities has triggered a major societal change: the era when the citizen expects co-creation with its local government.... Most of us have heard about the steady growth of the world’s population. Sure,...
The Impact of Culture on Cross-Cultural Leadership
Being a cross-cultural leader is about leading, accepting others (along with their different cultures), making culturally informed decisions, and building a community of trust. During my 21-year career as a humanitarian relief and development worker, I was privileged...