Leaders Make the Future, Third Edition

The third edition of this bestselling leadership skills guide for the future now updated with 75% new content, including a new chapter surrounding the responsible use of generative AI. AI is here. And the disruption it causes can’t be ignored. The traditional leadership skills of yesterday won’t be enough to face the ambiguity of tomorrow. But by building upon the 10 leadership skills put forth by futurist Bob Johansen, whose 50-year tenure at the Institute for the Future led to accurate predictions 60-75% of the time, you too can upskill your leadership abilities without downplaying your humanity. Enhanced and focused on bridging AI and leadership to help you become the augmented leader of the future, this updated edition includes topics such as: 1. Clarity 2. Dilemma Flipping 3. Bio-Empathy 4. Maker and Grower Instinct 5. Immersive Learning Ability 6. Rapid Prototyping 7. Constructive Depolarizing 8. Commons Creating 9. Smart Mob Organizing in Shape-Shifting Organizations 10. Quiet Transparency (Strength with Humility) With a vision of fostering a paradigm shift towards accepting and utilizing AI as essential leadership tools, this book will promote ethical, empathetic, and sustainable leadership in the emerging AI-enabled digital age.

Auteur
Bob Johansen is a leading futurist at Institute for the Future. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including Get There Early, The Reciprocity Advantage, Full-Spectrum Thinking, and Office Shock. His insights guide leaders as they navigate chaotic futures.

Jeremy Kirshbaum founded the generative AI software studio and consultancy Handshake, which develops generative AI systems for nonprofits, research groups, companies, and governments. He has collaborated with senior leaders at companies such as Walmart, Kellogg, and Deloitte, guiding them through the evolving landscape of generative models and systems.

Gabe Cervantes is director of scalable foresight at Institute for the Future, where he supports leaders in learning, understanding, and implementing foresight projects. He works closely with large organizations to help them foster an environment that encourages the development and application of foresight among the next generation of future leaders and top-tier leadership.

Résumé
In a world of chaos, how can generative AI help leaders lead?

Over the next decade, all leaders will be augmented with some form of generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI. For the best leaders, this will mean dramatic improvement. For mediocre leaders, this will mean persistent confusion, distraction, and pretense. With futureback thinking—looking ten years ahead, then planning backward from future to next to now—this third edition of Leaders Make the Future shows how people can improve their leadership skills while expanding their human perspective.

Now 75 percent revised and expanded with resources from the Institute for the Future, this new edition is organized around ten future leadership skills:

• Augmented futureback curiosity
• Augmented clarity
• Augmented dilemma flipping
• Augmented bio-engaging
• Augmented immersive learning
• Augmented depolarizing
• Augmented commons creating
• Augmented smart mob swarming
• Augmented strength with humility
• Human calming
  AI-augmented leadership will be key for any organization to tackle the uncertainty of the future. And by incorporating practical methodologies, ethical guidelines, and innovative leadership practices, this book will help leaders develop their clarity and moderate their certainty.