| Visionary Leadership | | | | - Machine translation or devices that will provide |
| Leaders need to create a vision for the future. It | | | | real-time translation between people conversing in |
| is human nature for people to want to know | | | | different languages |
| where the organization is headed and how they fit | | | | - Digital highways that will make available to any |
| into the strategic plan. | | | | home instant access to knowledge and |
| | | | entertainment |
| How well do you do as a leader in predicting the | | | | - Urban underground automated distribution |
| future? | | | | systems to reduce traffic congestion |
| Keeping up, staying up and getting ahead are now | | | | - Virtual meeting rooms to eliminate business |
| more difficult than we have previously imagined. | | | | travel |
| There is no turning back, but there is turning | | | | - Bio-mimetic materials that will duplicate |
| forward. Mike Jay. | | | | properties found in living organisms |
| Predictions for the future can be stimulating and | | | | - Satellite-based personal communicators that will |
| challenging, especially if one is a top executive in a | | | | allow instant communication to anyone anywhere |
| business enterprise attempting to make strategic | | | | in the world |
| decisions. Our rapidly changing global environment | | | | - Machines capable of emotions, inference, and |
| presents problems never before encountered. No | | | | learning that will interact with human beings in |
| one knows what will be required of leaders in the | | | | entirely new ways |
| future, but some speculation is worthy of our | | | | - Bioremediation or custom-designed organisms |
| attention. | | | | that will help clean up the environment of the |
| Predictions from experts in their fields have not | | | | earth. |
| always been accurate. Here are a few examples:o | | | | Each of these opportunities is by nature global, |
| In 1899 the U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Charles | | | | with no single nation or region likely to control all |
| Duell, declared, Everything that can be invented | | | | the technologies and skills required to turn them |
| has been invented.o In 1905, President Grover | | | | into reality. Any firm wishing to become a leader |
| Cleveland prophesied, Sensible and responsible | | | | will have to collaborate with and learn from |
| women do not want to vote.o When Fred Smith, | | | | leading-edge customers, technology providers, and |
| founder of FedEx, wrote a student paper | | | | suppliers wherever they are located (Hamel |
| proposing an overnight delivery service, his | | | | & Prahalad, Competing for the Future, 1994). |
| professor wrote: The concept is interesting and | | | | Working with a seasoned executive coach trained |
| well-formed, but in order to earn better than a C, | | | | in emotional intelligence and incorporating leadership |
| the idea must be feasible.o Even Bill Gates once | | | | assessments such as the BarOn EQi and CPI 260 |
| mused, 640K of memory ought to be enough for | | | | can help you become a a more inspiring and |
| anybody. | | | | visionary leader. You can become a leader who |
| New industries are in their gestational phases. | | | | models emotional intelligence and social intelligence, |
| Some are already well on their way to becoming | | | | and who inspires people to become happily |
| established products and services. | | | | engaged with the strategy and vision of the |
| - Micro-robotics or miniature robots built from | | | | company. |
| atomic particles that could unclog arteries | | | | |