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ADAPTING TO CHANGE

Successful leadership strategiesin the age of disruption

THE GENESIS OF DISRUPTION

Homo heidelbergensisc700,000 – 200,000 yrs ago

Homo erectusc1.89 mil – 143,000 yrs ago

Homo floresiensisc100,000 – 50,000 yrs ago

Homo neanderthalensisc400,000 - 40,000 yrs ago

Homo sapiensc200,000 yrs ago – present

2 million years ago 1 million years ago Today

Ability to

ImagineAbility to

Co-operateAbility to

ControlCognitive Revolution

50,000 BCAgricultural Revolution

13,000 BCScientific Revolution

1,500 AD

1 2 3

Nope.

Change is Linear.

Disruption is about Difficult Choices

VS

VS

VS

Tough choices favourGood Judgement

Leadership is NOT about Confidence, Charisma or high IQ

DISRUPTION IS NOT NEW

BUT DISRUPTION IS GETTING

WAY FASTER

3xIncrease in patents

last 20 years 1996-2016

WORLDWIDE PATENTS

6.2%Increase in patents

from 2011-12 to 2013-14

4.4 milTotal patents filed

2013-2014

AND THE DISRUPTION

IS MORE COMPLEX

Tools

Machinesthat run tools

Electronicsthat run machinesthat run tools

Artificial Neural Networksthat run AIthat run computersthat run electronicsthat run machinesthat run tools

Computersthat run electronicsthat run machinesthat run tools

Artificial Intelligencethat run computersthat run electronicsthat run machinesthat run tools

Specialised

Team

Pure

Team

Organised

Group

Simple

Group

Task

Co

mp

lexi

ty

Reliance on Others

Customer Call Centre Production Line

Surgical TeamSoftware Development Team

Increasing complexityfavours Teams

SOCIETY ENCOURAGES

INDIVIDUALISM

The Teamthat conquered

Everest

The Team that built

Apple

The NZLabourParty

The All BlacksTeam

ARE INDIVIDUALS MORE

IMPORTANT THAN THE TEAM?

INDIVIDUALISM IS THE

CRADLE OF NARCISSISM

TeamTrump

Narcissism is a Team Killer

BUILDING THE TEAM AS A UNIT

“Who is on a team matters less than how the team

members interact, structure their work, and view their

contributions.” - Google Teams Research, 2016.

Talent

Buy-In

Courage

Mission

Norms

Resources

TheRocketModel.comCurphy & Hogan

Effective teams require Method

• Disruption is really about difficult choices

• Tough choices favour leaders with good judgement

• Increasing complexity favours teams, not individuals

• Individualism breeds narcissism, which kills teams

• Effective teams require conscious method

Key Points

What Next?

We need to select and develop leaders with a stronger focus on ‘good judgement’.

NOT for Charisma, Confidence, high IQ.

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We need to be ruthless about leadership as a resource for the good of the group.

NOT for the benefit of the individual.

We need to pay a lot more attention to how teams operate as a unit.

NOT assume it will sort itself out.

Questions?

gus@winsborough.co.nz

www.winsborough.co.nz

Resources

▪ Managerial Failure Rates. https://www.hoganassessments.com/bad-management-and-its-consequences/

▪ The Rocket Model. A practical guide for developing high performing teams. http://www.therocketmodel.com/

▪ Psychological Safety Manager Guide. https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/understanding-team-effectiveness/steps/foster-psychological-safety/

▪ Team Effectiveness Discussion Guide. https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/understanding-team-effectiveness/steps/help-teams-determine-their-needs/

▪ The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organisation. Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith, 2003.

▪ The Science of Personality. http://www.thescienceofpersonality.com/