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About this podcast
Firstly, thanks to Roshni the CEO of StratAstute, a risk consulting agency based in South Africa, for asking me to join her on a podcast to discuss the future of leadership, risk, and sustainability in a VUCA world that’s changing faster today than at any other point in human history, with all the challenges and opportunities that brings.
During the podcast we focused most of our time on the new skills leaders need to navigate and prosper in this “new” VUCA world, ESG and sustainable business practices, and then discussed how companies can harness ethical capitalism and other trends to build a fairer more equitable society that allows us all and our planet to benefit from the future we’re creating today.
Today the world faces all manner of innumerable challenges. Some, like climate change, hunger, inequality, and poverty are great, and others seem smaller by comparison, but while the global news networks promote the worst of society it’s important to realise that the solutions to almost all these problems are already in our grasp and deployable today.
It’s these solutions and topics that we discussed and highlighted in depth in our attempt to amplify the positive news and put the bad news where it belongs, in the shade.
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The session centred on the new skills leaders need in a VUCA world. Our data on faster skills obsolescence says the skills jobs need are changing faster, so continuous reskilling becomes a condition of employment. Adaptive leadership points the same way, with leaders guiding teams by learning and adjusting, not command and control.
Ethical capitalism is entering strategy.
The session linked ESG and sustainable practice to ethical capitalism and a fairer society. Our data shows pressure growing on companies to balance profit with people and planet, even as ESG faces a political backlash. Leadership teams should treat this as a long-term business model question, with wide use expected around 2032.
Known solutions beat waiting.
The session stressed that answers to most large problems can be deployed today. Climate change is marked Act now in our data, with warming nearing the 1.5C limit. The risk lies in delay, not in a lack of options.
Three questions for your next leadership meeting
Which leadership habits still depend on command and control rather than learning?
How do we keep our teams' skills current as requirements change?
Where would our ESG plan fail if political backlash grows?
The trends and technologies behind this session
From the 311 Starburst, the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit’s map of the technologies and trends shaping the next 50 years.
It says leadership, risk and sustainability now need the same attention in a fast-changing VUCA world. Organisations should build new leadership skills, treat ESG as part of how they operate, and act on solutions that already exist.
How does ethical capitalism relate to this session?
The session discussed ethical capitalism as a way to build a fairer, more equitable society. Our data rates it Explore, with wide use around 2032, as pressure grows to balance profit with people and planet despite the ESG backlash.
How does adaptive leadership relate to this session?
The session focused on the new skills leaders need in a VUCA world. Adaptive leadership is the matching trend, asking leaders to guide teams through uncertainty by learning and adjusting. Our data rates it Prepare, with wide use around 2028.
How can 311 brief our leadership team on this?
Through a private executive briefing or leadership workshop, tailored to your sector, in person first.
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Analysis by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit, from Matthew Griffin’s session and 311 data.
If Matthew gave this session today
One heavy AI user directs about 18 people's work.
311 Institute's Future of Work report finds a heavy AI user already directs the work of about 18 people for $180 a month. It takes the productivity question this session raised and measures what one person can now make and direct.
