This document discusses advancing exemplary board leadership in an era of rapid technological change and innovation. It notes that today's "third industrial revolution" is bringing new tools and ways to shape the world, along with new economic behaviors and unprecedented shifts. The document urges boards to think globally and exponentially rather than locally and linearly. It also stresses that boards need to adopt disruptive tools and business models, attempt "crazy ideas," remain open-minded and inquisitive, experiment more, and ensure they have the right skills and experiences to lead in this new environment.
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Is Every
Company
Now A
Technology
Company?
Source: McKinsey and Company 2015
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Why Should a Traditional
Company Like a
Manufacturer, Care About
Todays Technology?
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A carefully written manual
Your Telephone Asset
or Liability especially for
the use of executives
June 24, 1916
meant an immediate
saving of over a week per
year of the time of every
telephone user from the $10
a week clerk to the $100,000
a year executive.
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TheRisingTide
ofReinvention
≒The 3rd Industrial Revolution new
tools, new ways to shape our world
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TheRisingTide
ofReinvention
≒The 3rd Industrial Revolution new
tools, new ways to shape our world
≒New Behaviors and Economic
Incentives productivity, lower
transaction costs, knowledge
amplification and symmetry, et al.
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≒The 3rd Industrial Revolution new
tools, new ways to shape our world
≒New Behaviors and Economic
Incentives productivity, lower
transaction costs, knowledge
amplification and symmetry, et al.
≒Unprecedented Shifts
demographics, economic power, social
mandate, environmental stress
TheRisingTide
ofReinvention
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Takeaways
Eileen
>Are you thinking local and
linear, or global and
exponential?
>How are you adopting
breakaway tools and business
models to disrupt yourself first?
> Where and how do you
attempt crazy ideas?
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Takeaways
Eileen
>Are you thinking local and
linear, or global and
exponential?
>How are you adopting
breakaway tools and business
models to disrupt yourself first?
> Where and how do you
attempt crazy ideas?
Bill
>Are Board Directors open
minded and inquisitive
enough?
>Are you experimenting
enough?
>Do you have the right skills
and experiences in the
Boardroom?
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