Leaders Make the Future, Third Edition - by Bob Johansen & Jeremy Kirshbaum & Gabe Cervantes (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"A thought-provoking glimpse into future leadership."
--General Stanley McChrystal (US Army, Retired), founder of McChrystal Group

"This work provides the blueprint for us at United Way to leverage today's technology to create tomorrow's lasting change."
--Angela Williams, CEO, United Way Worldwide

"This book will help leaders see around the corner--and the corner after that."
--Joe Whittinghill, Chief Learning Officer, Microsoft

"I had a personal preview experience with these new skills for augmented leadership and found them mind stretching, inspiring, and invaluable."
--Deborah Waterhouse, CEO, ViiV Healthcare

About the Author

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.