The Future of Leadership Addressing Complex Global Issues

This book deals with leadership trends in the next decade and beyond. It critically examines how knowledge management can be used to address emerging societal and business issues, such as sustaining complex product quality, controlling automation generate

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Bharat S. Thakkar

FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP THE

Addressing Complex Global Issues

The Future of Leadership

Bharat S. Thakkar Editor

The Future of Leadership Addressing Complex Global Issues

Editor Bharat S. Thakkar PREM Group, Inc. Wheaton, IL, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-73869-7 ISBN 978-3-319-73870-3  (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73870-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018931908 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Rynaldo Toemaang/EyeEm/Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

This book is dedicated to the leaders who helped make this world a better place to live and work; and to those in the coming decades who would help make it even better for the generations to come. Special thanks are due to its contributing authors: Aqueil, Bayo, Christiana, Deepal, Ezenwayi, George, Kadambari, Kamlesh, Kartik, Lydia, Nicolas, Sam, Sarla, and Tom

Foreword

Future leadership is all about unforeseen challenges, and we are in the midst of it. It is not something that might unfold in the future but is already happening and making waves. With rapid advances in technology, everything is changing, including the role of a leader. Those of us professionals and academicians who discern and practice it feel compelled to bring it to the attention of the wider world. This book attempts to do precisely that. Leadership is no longer about a singularized individual at the top of the pyramid but a collectivized whole spread across a wide base because of the breathtaking changes across the world brought about by a confluence of technologies and related products, ap