How To Learn From The Past, Understand The Present, And Anticipate The Future
Business textbooks are filled with examples of once great companies that have faded into obscurity because they “missed the boat” on a great opportunity or were “blindsided” by a threat they didn’t envision. Vigilant Leadership is a mindset and way of thinking that empowers executives to learn from the past, understand the present, and anticipate future threats and opportunities facing their organization. Although nobody can predict the future, vigilant leaders use a heightened sense of awareness and curiosity to give them the best chance of anticipating possible future outcomes.
What you’ll learn
- How vigilant leadership helps organizations learn from the past and anticipate the future.
- The qualities of a vigilant leader and how they differ from operationally minded managers.
- Several tools and graphic aids that can help identify trends, gain insight, and prepare for future challenges.
- How to separate signals from noise and spot future trends that will affect your organizaiton.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 11 lectures • 43min.
Requirements
Business textbooks are filled with examples of once great companies that have faded into obscurity because they “missed the boat” on a great opportunity or were “blindsided” by a threat they didn’t envision. Vigilant Leadership is a mindset and way of thinking that empowers executives to learn from the past, understand the present, and anticipate future threats and opportunities facing their organization. Although nobody can predict the future, vigilant leaders use a heightened sense of awareness and curiosity to give them the best chance of anticipating possible future outcomes.
In this course you will learn
- The qualities of vigilant leaders and how they differ from traditional operational leadership
- Several methods for identifying threats and opportunities for an organization
- Examples for gathering weak signals of future trends in the external environment
- Preparing for the future and paying attention to potential sources of change
- Learning how to reduce the amount of uncertainty about the future
As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is crucial that leaders of all levels have a vigilant mindset to help them spot trends, opportunities, and threats so that they can proactively devise solutions as opposed to waiting to passively react to changing circumstances. This course will not teach you to predict the future, but it will give you tools and a way of thinking that will prepare you for the uncertain world that modern leaders face.