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The Future-Proof Workplace; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1: Surviving and Thriving in Turbulence; Today, Not Tomorrow; Waves of Change; Digitization and Change; Changing Demographics; Globalization Is Now; Shock and Awe; Six Factors of Change; 1. Leadership; 2. Culture; 3. Organizing Principles; 4. Relationships; 5. Diversity and Inclusion; 6. Technology; Looking Ahead; The Future Happened Yesterday; Chapter 2: Leadership; An Old Brand of Leadership; Self-Focused Leadership; Greed; The Consequences; Twenty-First-Century Leadership; The Privilege of Leadership Personal Values Create Company ValuesDefining Values; Leaders with Heart; A Decision to Lead; Future-Proof Your Company; Future-Proof Your Career; Chapter 3: Culture; What's the Difference?; Culture and the Customer; The Evolution of Culture; Understanding Culture; Fast-Forward Culture; The Values and Culture Connection; Bringing Culture to Light; How Do You Create a Culture That Hums?; Hard Choices; Leading a Future-Proof Culture; Future-Proof Your Company; Future-Proof Your Career; Chapter 4: Purpose; Mission and Vision; Apple Computer; Avon; What Are We Building?; Purpose Purpose Is InspiringThe Power of Purpose; Purpose and People; Banking on Purpose; Future-Proof Your Company; Future-Proof Your Career; Chapter 5: Relationships; A Tale of Two Parts: Morag's Story; Part 1: 1986; Part 2: 2017; Relationship with Work; Work in the Future-Past; Career Lattice; Relationship with Employer; Relationship with Colleagues; Relationship with Cultures; Relationship with the Community; Relationship with Our Network; Balancing Is No Act; Future-Proof Your Company; Future-Proof Your Career; Chapter 6: Diversity and Inclusion; Sea Change; The Facts about Women Stereotyping Is PersonalWhen Bias Seems Pragmatic; Brain Science, Bias, and Diversity; Stereotyping and Personal Beliefs; Vicious Cycles; Bias in the Mirror; Rewiring Inclusion; Taking Action; Future-Proof Your Company; Future-Proof Your Career; Chapter 7: Technology; Technology the Disrupter and Enabler; Data Is Big; Genuine Intelligence; Uploading into Society; What's Your Response Time?; Future Workforce; Changing Identities; Everything Is Connected and Transparent; Personal Impact; Your Reality; Catching the Wave; Future-Proof Your Company; Future-Proof Your Career; Chapter 8: Learning The Hare and the TortoiseWelcome to the Nano-Degree; Curiosity in the Driver's Seat; Introducing the ``T ́́Learner; Soft Skills Finally Take Center Stage; Collecting Credentials Instead of Certificates; Are You Learning Agile?; Modernizing Talent Management; The Old Days of Too Young; We Can't Afford a Training Budget; Learning Is a Contact Sport; Build a Learning Culture; A Global Learning Mind-Set; Content Curation and Knowledge Management; Throw Out the HR Rule Book; Performance Management Becomes the Performance Moment; Rewrite the Training Policies; We All Want to Learn

Face the future on the crest of the wave while the rest are pulled under The Future-Proof Workplace is a survival guide for the new realities of business. The future is no longer some far-off destination; it is here, right now, and already changing the way we work.