People

SO YOU WANNA BE A VUCAN MANAGER?

Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could. Steve Jobs – Apple Founder & CEO COVID is presenting a burning question:   ‘What’s better, beings a VUCAN leader or a manager?’  I’ve observed first level supervisors, managers, and executives work their magic.   …

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WHO ARE VUCAN LEADERS?

You’re not just trying to do something marginally, incrementally better. You’re doing something that is a fundamental paradigm shift, that will have exponential impact. That means it’s harder to do, but ultimately, if it’s successful, the impact it has is far greater. Steve Case – Entrepreneur VUCAN leadership: you know it when you see it. Think …

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VUCANS @ RISK

You’re either the one that creates the automation or you’re getting automated. Tom Preston-Werner – Software Developer Robots are coming.  Robots and smart machines are doing a lot of our work and will do a lot more over the next year.  Take a look below: Machineswill do 52% of worker tasks by 2025. Startups are re-visioning the entire food …

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VUCAN DRIVERS – PEOPLE

VUCAN DRIVERS – PEOPLE   Old Norm New Norm This too shall pass Constant transformation here to stay Industrial robots are static – ‘pick and place’, ‘welding’ robots Commercial and cobots are flexible, smart, adaptive, and learning Individual leadership Collective leadership MBA Just-in-time work learning Brick and mortar education MOOC and online education Fact based education …

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WORK RULES

This element of the 7P’s framework deals with people or VUCANs.  Work is all about people.  At the end of a long day, you work with and for people.  You share ideas with people.  You plan, direct, organize, and deliver with people.  You innovate new products.  You service people – your customers. The VUCAN or people element is probably the …

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WORK FOR VALUE!

You can and should shape your own future; because if you don’t someone else surely will. Joel Barker   A number of years ago, I worked for a company and as long as I kept my nose clean, I was ensured employment as long as I wanted it.  My first employer viewed ‘womb to tomb’ …

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