Leaders: Prepare Your Remote Teams For The High-Tech Future, Today
There’s no denying that we live in turbulent times, especially when it comes to evolving technologies. Typical business practices, as they are commonly designed today, force many of us into an extraordinarily narrow and short-term view of the world around us. As leaders, we are often hyper-focused on our organization and customer goals and not paying close enough attention to the impact this approach could be having on the interrelationships of broader stakeholders. However, as uncomfortable as the notion may be, we can either choose to be fearful, resistant to change and reactionary, or we can lean into these fluctuations and technology developments and seize the opportunity to learn, adapt and thrive moving forward. I prefer the latter. While history teaches us that we cannot prevent change, it’s crucial for leaders to recognize the interconnection between all of the events we experience now and in the future. For example, consider technological advances that enable us to accomplish tasks now that we once believed an impossibility. In the early 2000s, I participated in a professional workshop led by a futurist. He spoke about a new handheld device on the horizon that was more powerful than any technology we had [...]