Lead from the Future

 

Chapter 6

INFUSING FUTURE-BACK THINKING INTO LEADERSHIP TEAMS

The problems we face today come at us so fast and are so complex, that we need groups of talented people to tackle them, led by gifted leaders, or even teams of leaders.

—Warren Bennis

Making time for long-view thinking  •  “The prime ingredient in these decisions is judgment”  •  Toward a new leadership framework  •  Resources talk  •  King Arthur, CEO of Britain  •  The chemistry to dance  •  The board as catalyst to visionary thinking  •  A recipe can’t cook your dinner

We’ve written about the new way of thinking that future-back leadership requires. But how does that work in practice in a large organization? In this chapter, we present a new framework for enterprise leadership ...