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10.03.24

Leading Thoughts for October 3, 2024

Leading Thoughts

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with:

I.

Brian Solis on keeping an open mind:

“I don’t know that I’ve ever encountered anyone who self-identifies as ‘close-minded.’ But the fact is, our minds have been built to resist new information, especially when it refutes our prior experience or goes against our beliefs. We tend to surround ourselves with people like us, which fortifies our beliefs. When we’re surrounded by similar beliefs, we’re rarely challenged. Opening our minds up is also hard because it is a form of shifting our identity. When we engage in questioning what we’ve learned from our experiences and interrogating our beliefs, we can feel unmoored. Disruption is inevitable. Either we can let it challenge our experiences and beliefs and inspire us to reshape them or we can dig in and fight from our comfort zones.”

Source: Mindshift: Ignite Change, Inspire Action, and Innovate for a Better Tomorrow

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Brad Stulberg developing rugged yet flexible boundaries:

“If you rigidly dig in, hoping to stay the same and trying to insulate yourself from change, then you run the risk of falling apart. But if you are fluid without any boundaries or direction, then it can become quite confusing as to who you even are. When you feel the ground shifting underneath you, when you don’t know your next move, you can ask yourself, How might I move in the direction of may core values? Ruggedness without flexibility is rigidity; flexibility without ruggedness is instability. Only organizations that deliberately cultivate their rugged boundaries and then flexibly apply them have a shot at prospering over the long haul.”

Source: Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You

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10.01.24

First Look: Leadership Books for October 2024

First Look Books

HERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2024 curated just for you. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

9780262049238The Skills-Powered Organization: The Journey to the Next-Generation Enterprise by Ravin Jesuthasan and Tanuj Kapilashrami

As the world navigates the rapid and disruptive effects of AI, climate change, and geopolitical conflicts, the world of work, too, needs to change. Jobs are giving way to skills as the currency of work to ensure a more agile, resilient, and flexible enterprise that cannot just respond but must thrive in the face of these challenges. This pivot from jobs to skills will require us to rethink everything we know about work. Building on his bestselling book Work without Jobs, Ravin Jesuthasan returns, this time with coauthor Tanuj Kapilashrami, an international human resources leader, to provide the framework organizations need to thrive in a world demanding perpetual reinvention.

9781394219995Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing by Manu Kapur

Written by a leading global expert on human cognition, productive failure, and learning methods, Productive Failure shows you how to design the experience of failing. Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity and learn more deeply. When carefully curated, failure can become a signal for learning, not the noise detracting from it. The result? Learners gain a lifelong readiness to push themselves outside of their comfort zones, using setbacks as launchpads for learning and innovation. The evidence-based principles in this book are powerful, not only in formal schooling contexts, but also for anyone taking charge of and designing their own lifelong learning.

9781774583531Say What They Can't Unhear: The 9 Principles of Lasting Change by Tamsen Webster

Change isn’t an easy sell. And, in business, pivoting in a new direction requires teams to work together cooperatively. You need to say what they can’t unhear. This compact and actionable guide will get you thinking differently about where change comes from and how to initiate it. By introducing and exploring nine “persuasion proverbs,” Webster highlights the behavioral, cognitive, and psychological principles that underpin lasting change, and offers a powerful alternative to the standard tactics of influence and persuasion.

9781647826291The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World by Karthik Ramanna

Outrage is everywhere—on the left and on the right—and many companies have found themselves in the crosshairs. GoFundMe was pressured to cut off funding to protesting truckers in Ottawa. Facebook and other tech companies have been accused of manipulating elections in many countries and by many parties. People are angry with the world—in some cases, rightfully so—and now view companies as they do governments, as targets of their wrath and potential forces for social change. Managing outrage has moved from being an occasional leadership challenge, like handling a PR crisis, to a necessary and critical leadership capability, like strategic thinking or financial acumen. Based on his popular University of Oxford leadership course and case studies on organizations such as IKEA, Nestlé, the Vatican, and others, Karthik Ramanna offers practical steps to make sense of the outrage, work with relevant stakeholders to progress through it, and emerge stronger for it.

9780063374775Pivot or Die: How Leaders Thrive When Everything Changes by Gary Shapiro

As CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, owner and producer of CES, Gary Shapiro has had a front row seat to the launch of nearly every recent major technology. He's seen tech companies rise and fall, and bankrupt entrepreneurs become billionaires. After more than four decades in the industry, he knows that leaders who make it in the tech world have one thing in common: they know how to pivot. Drawing upon detailed case studies, economic theory, and personal experience, Pivot or Die offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of innovative technology and business strategies. Along the way, Shapiro offers a "pivot" framework for leaders in technology and beyond to stay flexible and agile.

9788991045612The Seven Frequencies of Communication: The Hidden Language of Human Connection by Erwin Raphael McManus

The Seven Frequencies of Communication is a groundbreaking revelation of the hidden language that connects humanity. As a renowned speaker, award-winning author, and coach with a global impact, McManus distills his vast experience in the world of communication into a brand-new understanding of how we speak, hear, and change each other. McManus creates a fresh and vibrant system of seven unique frequencies that liberate us to communicate most effectively. Are you a Maven, a Seer, a Commander, a Professor, a Healer, a Challenger, or a Motivator? When you unlock your frequency, you unleash your potential. The Seven Frequencies of Communication is for everyone who wants their message to be heard. Whether you are a leader, a parent, a CEO, a speaker, a coworker, or a friend—this book is for you.

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“You can't think well without writing well, and you can't write well without reading well. And I mean that last "well" in both senses. You have to be good at reading, and read good things.”
— Paul Graham, Y Combinator co-founder

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