FAST/FORWARD LEADERSHIP: GET FIT FOR THE FUTURE
What leadership looks like in a world where authority is no longer given and trust must be earned
Jonas Ridderstråle is one of the world’s most influential business thinkers and co-author of the global bestseller Funky Business.His work focuses on the future of organisations, leadership, and what companies must do to stay competitive in a world where authority is no longer given by position, but earned through trust, credibility, and the ability to create direction in times of constant change. At HR Experience, Jonas will speak from the leader’s perspective: why leadership has become more difficult than ever, what has changed in the relationship between leaders and employees, and what organisations must become if they want to survive and succeed in the future.
The Reality This Session Explores
Welcome to the information jungle! Over the past few decades, we have armed people across the face of our planet with one of the most potent competitive weapons of our day and age: knowledge. When traditional information access monopolies crumble and fall, humans begin to challenge any type of authority figure; kids questioning their parents, employees contesting their bosses, and citizens challenging their politicians. The supply and demand for leadership no longer overlap. Talent does not automatically fall into line. Now, trust must be earned and engagement deserved. Never has it been more challenging to be a leader, nor more interesting.
With this as a backdrop, Dr. Ridderstråle talks about the megatrends that are currently disrupting the world as we know it, and who we should expect to be the big winners in the years to come.True leaders of business need to ensure that the rate of change inside the organization exceeds the one outside the firm. Jonas outlines how and why Fast/Forward companies and leaders are now re-inventing strategy, management and leadership so that they can act more decisively and with greater emotional conviction than the competition.
What You Will Leave With
🟣 How to run a more networked enterprise and profit from a culture of collaboration.
🟣 How to build a real-time, innovation-oriented firm with a greater tolerance for mistakes and failure.
🟣 How to capitalize on courage and create a culture tapping into our emotions.
🟣 A new perspective on what Jonas calls the “last competitive advantage of human beings”, and why it may become the most important advantage organisations have in the future.
Who Needs to Hear This
🟣 Leaders and executives responsible for strategy, transformation, and organisational performance
🟣 HR and People & Culture professionals responsible for leadership, culture, and organisational development
🟣 Managers working in organisations going through constant change and transformation
🟣 Internal communication, employer branding, PR, and marketing professionals who shape organisational culture and employee experience
🟣 Business owners and decision-makers thinking about the future of their organisations
🟣 Anyone who wants to better understand what the future of leadership and organisations will look like
Biography
Jonas explains how and why Fast/Forward companies and leaders today are rethinking strategy, management, and leadership in order to act more decisively and with greater emotional strength than their competitors.
Jonas Ridderstråle is one of the most influential and respected international business and management thinkers. He has written three successful books with Kjell A. Nordström and since his breakthrough remains a leader in his field. The research company Global Gurus has ranked him as one of the world’s top thirty management experts, placing him among the top five in Europe.
Dr. Ridderstråle has written three books with his colleague Kjell A. Nordström. The first, Funky Business (1999) was a global phenomenon and guaranteed his success as a sought-after speaker. Their follow-up books, Karaoke Capitalism (2003) and Funky Business Forever (2007),further enhanced their reputations as leading management thinkers.
Jonas has since written books such as Re-energizing the Corporation (2009)with Mark Wilcox and Fast/Forward (2017)with Julian Birkinshaw, Professor and Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School.
On stage, Jonas radiates confidence and humour. Grounded in his deep expertise, he highlights the most important trends in business and society – but always with an unexpected twist.
Dream Big – Plan Less!
Our companies are drowning in information. Boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred and we are seeking the leaders of tomorrow. Jonas Ridderstråle writes and talks about the challenges companies and leaders face – and how the answer is to create a dream for your company.
Dream big – plan less!
He is the management expert from the Stockholm School of Economics who has presented his thoughts all over the world. A frequent ‘go-to’ thinker for the world’s media, Jonas has appeared in everything from CNN-a Global Office to newspapers such as Fortune, Fast Company, Time, the Financial Times, the Times, Stern, Newsweek and Paris Match. He regularly features on lists of the world’s most influential business thinkers.
Jonas Ridderstråle has an MBA and a PhD in international business and has been a visiting professor at several internationally renowned business schools, including Ashridge in Great Britain and IE Business School in Spain. His research has been published in leading scientific journals and his ideas and work have received extensive worldwide media coverage.
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