The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work

ISBN-13: 9781119653097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str.

Heather McGowan; Chris Shipley

Recenzje

Advanced Praise for The Adaptation Advantage"The Adaptation Advantage is the clearest, most compelling, and original examination of the present and future workplace. The big surprise in this book is that it's not about learning to live with more robots, but rather learning to become more human. Whether you were born digital or born analog, The Adaptation Advantage is an indispensable resource for thriving in a world that is transforming as you read this."--Jim Kouzes, Coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Executive Fellow at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Leavey School of Business"Heather McGowan and Chris Shipley are prophets of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Their extraordinary insights and tools challenge and empower organizations, leaders, and people across society to thrive in a future marked by exceptional technological and societal change."--Major General James Johnson, U.S. Air Force (ret), former Director of Air Force Integrated ResilienceThe Adaptation Advantage makes sense of the confusing and scary world of change. McGowan and Shipley give us permission to be entrepreneurial by exploring the natural pathway to engagement in a context of uncertainty. Reading this book is a therapy session with motivational power. You'll want to reread it again and again.--Stephen Spinelli Jr., PhD., President, Babson College, co-founder of Jiffy Lube"Most books about the future of work put automation at the center of the story. McGowan and Shipley put humans at the center--as well they should. The Adaptive Advantage is a call to stop defining ourselves by our jobs, to extend formal education into lifelong learning, and to let curiosity lead us through the arc of our working lives. That way we remain resilient no matter how strong the waves of change become. Many essential capabilities can't be replaced...creativity, collaboration, judgment, sensemaking, empathy, and other forms of social and emotional intelligence are uniquely human. While technology will continue to influence the way we work we have immense agency to determine and design what we do and why we do it."--Sandy Speicher, CEO, IDEO"How thrilling to read the book that encourages us to see change as a propellant, not a weight! This is an insightful explanation of the velocity and force of the elements of change. It offers leaders the insight and capability to creatively lead transformations."--Lynne Greene, Former Group President, Estee Lauder Companies"McGowan and Shipley's The Adaptation Advantage nails it--adapting to change means adapting to a new identity It requires letting go of a job or skill-based identity in order to thrive in a world of rapidly changing societal norms and technologies. This is important reading."--Jim Spohrer, PhD., IBM Director, Cognitive Open Technologies

Spis treści

Foreword xivIntroduction xixBreaking with Identity to Seize the Adaptation Advantage xixSo What's Changing? xxHow Did We Get Here? xxiHow Big is the Challenge? xxiiThe Adaptability Gap xxvAmid Rapid Change, Keep Calm and Adapt On xxviSo What's in This Book? xviiiWho is This Book For? xxixNotes xxxPart I: Adapting at the Speed of Change 11 The World is Fast: Technology is Changing Everything and Planting Opportunity Everywhere 3Wait a Second 3Technological Climate Change 5Environmental Climate Change 8Climate Change of the Market 10The Force of Three Amplifying and Interlocking Climate Changes 12Notes 152 The Only Things Moving Faster Than Technology are Cultural and Social Norms 17Shifting Ground Beneath Our Feet 17From Linear and Local to Exponential and Global 19Race 20Religion 22Age 23Family 25Gender Identity 25Truth and Trust 26Consent and Power Shifts 28Death of Distance Reshapes Human Relationships 30So, Who are You? Occupational Identity and Expertise 30Notes 323 You're Already Adapting and Not Even Noticing 35We've Already Begun to Outsource Our Memory 35People Aren't Horses 37Atomization, Automation, and Augmentation 38Atomization in Action 39Automation in Action 39Augmentation in Action 41Putting Atomization, Automation, and Augmentation Together 41Notes 464 Getting Comfortable with Adaptation: The Slowest Rate of Change is Happening Now 47The Power of Pause 47From Scalable Efficiency to Scalable Learning 48From Stocks to Flows of Knowledge 53From Learning to Work to Working to Learn Continuously 54Identifying Patterns to Build Bridges 56Notes 60Part II: Letting Go and Learning Fast to Thrive 635 What Do You Do for a Living? The Question That Traps Us in the Past 65The Questions That Limit Our Identity 65The Identity Trap 71How Identity is Formed 71Narratives Can Trap Us in the Past and Limit Our Future 73Gender, Narratives, and Identity 73The Confidence Gap 74Identity is Never Done 77An Occupational Identity Crisis Isn't Limited to Job Loss 78Notes 806 Finding the Courage to Let Go of Occupational Identity 83What Does the Parable of the Three Stonecutters Have to Do with You? 83The Day 1 Mindset: You are a Prototype; Start with Why 85How Job Loss Can Be a Gain 89Modeling Vulnerability: We Share Our Hard Lessons 91What Do You Do Now? 95Notes 957 Learning Fast: Why an Agile Learning Mindset is Essential 97Learn Fast--What Does That Even Mean? 97What Do We Mean by Learning? First-, Second-, and Third-Generation Learning Organizations 98The S-Curve of Learning: Explore, Experiment, Execute, Expand 99The Curse of Expertise: The Challenge of Unlearning 102The Iceberg: The Substance Beneath the Surface 102Identity: The Core of the Adaptive Mind 103The Agile Learning Mindset 104The Enablers: Uniquely Human Skills 108Why We Need the Agile Mindset: The Broken Education-to-Work Pipeline 111ABL: Always Be Learning 114Notes 1148 Rise of the Humans: Developing Your Creativity, Empathy, and Other Uniquely Human Capabilities 117Play is the Way Forward 117The Uniqueness of the Human Drive to Learn and Create 119The Predictive Markets Declare Future Skills Favor Humans 122Understanding Uniquely Human Skills 127Chasing STEM at Our Peril 128The Skills Battleground: Humans Need Apply 132The Return on Being Human 133Return on Humans for All Jobs: The Special Power of Empathy 134Evolving Beyond Shareholder Value: The Purpose of a Company 135To Maximize Human Potential, Place the Human in the Center 137Notes 139Part III: Leading People and Organizations in the Evolution of Work 1439 Leading in Continuous Change: Modeling Vulnerability, Learning from Failure, and Providing the Psychological Safety that Builds Trusting Teams 145You are at the Wheel 146Leadership, Power, Cookies, and Chickens 146What Makes a Modern Leader? 153Transformational Leadership 167Transformational Leadership and Change Management Models 168Leading with Fear: The Burning Platform 170Putting It All Together 173Notes 17310 The Adaptive Organization: Creating the Capacity to Change at the Speed of Technology, Market, and Social Evolution 175What Should We Measure? 175The Power of the Culture and Capacity Focus 177Culture at the Core 177Capacity: Culture's Partner 184Capability and Context: The Scissors Metaphor 186In Accelerated Change, Focus on the Inputs Rather Than the Outputs 187Becoming a Learning Company 190Notes 19311 Capability is King: Looking Beyond the Resume to Design Your Adaptive Team 195No More Little Boxes 195The Job Description is History 197Job Descriptions Become Traps 198Fire Your Job Description 200Hire for Cultural Alignment 205Hire Adults and Let Them Do Their Jobs 208Turn the Right People into Great Teams 209Embrace Cognitive Diversity 212Get Comfortable with Failure 214Live in a State of Continuous Learning 215Manage a Multigenerational Workforce 216How Do We Get from Here to There? 217The New Leadership Imperative 218Notes 21912 Getting Ready to Seize Your Adaptation Advantage 221Notes 223Additional Resources 225Books 225Videos 226Acknowledgments 227About the Authors 229Index 231

O autorze

HEATHER E. MCGOWAN (www.heathermcgowan.com) is an in-demand, internationally known speaker and Future of Work Strategist. She assists corporate clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in rethinking their business models, teams, and organizational structures to become resilient in changing markets.CHRIS SHIPLEY (www.cshipley.com) spent thirty years entrenched in the technology industry as a journalist and technology analyst, observing and predicting business and social transformations brought about by digital innovation. She advises companies on positioning, business modeling, and innovation practices, and serves on the boards of several startups and advisory panels.