Thought Leadership for Education and Business: Co-constructing New Organizational Models for Innovation and Global Competitiveness Mark Lang Next Level Journey

Name This Country From “Shift Happens”

What happened?

Fundamental changes in the world are creating unprecedented changes in the global competitive environment! …. Even different from a few years ago What are some of the change drivers? © 2008 Next Level Journey

Change Drivers Technology Trends Automation takes over more tasks Information is commodity; value is in its application Customers given power and options (download and upload) Powerful global networks are easily and dynamically formed © 2008 Next Level Journey

Change Drivers Geopolitical Trends “Free” market trade dominates the world Multinational companies build global infrastructure Talent is found (and empowered) in more places throughout the globe © 2008 Next Level Journey

The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s... …Is greater than the total population of North America. Translation: From “Shift Happens”

Change Drivers Market Trends Abundance drives interest in high concept/high touch Design and production chain opened up (neither vertical nor private) Markets & competition constantly change in unpredictable ways (what we don’t know we don’t know) © 2008 Next Level Journey

The View from Some Corporate CEOs “Constant reinvention is the central necessity at GE … We’re all just a moment away from commodity hell.” Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE “The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO, News Corporation “You have to go down blind alleys. But every once in a while you go down an alley and it opens up into this huge, broad avenue. That makes all the blind alleys worthwhile.” Jeffrey P. Bezos, Chairman, Pres, and CEO, Amazon.com © 2008 Next Level Journey

Success will increasingly fall to those from janitor to CEO who leverage curiosity (learning) and imagination within dynamic networks to constantly make new rules. © 2008 Next Level Journey

New Demands on Education Prepare people to … Follow structured patterns Apply knowledge in creative ways Work in silos Contribute to the “big picture” (1) Play very different roles Learn how to learn Break the rules From To © 2008 Next Level Journey

Longitudinal Study of Divergent Thinking Fraction Scoring at Genius Level (1600 Children) Age 3 – 598% Age 8 – 1032% Age 14 – 1510% Age 25+ 2% (200,000 adults) Breakpoint and Beyond: Mastering the Future Today George Land and Beth Jarman (1998) © 2008 Next Level Journey

New Demands on Education Prepare people to … (2) See collaboration as critical, not cheating Self awareness of talent & passions Power of diversity and cultural understanding (3) Master social/emotional intelligence How to communicate How to influence Power of relationships and values © 2008 Next Level Journey

New Demands on Education Prepare people to … (5) Benefit from failure Develop self confidence Learn to fail fast, recover quickly Manage acceptable risk (4) Navigate the unknown How to begin? How much ambiguity? © 2008 Next Level Journey

Employers Are Asked: Are Students Well Prepared in Key Areas? From AACU Survey January 2008 © 2008 Next Level Journey

New Demands on Business Take Organizations to the Next Level Manage for scale, efficiency, productivity Extrinsic incentives drive conformity Manage for adaptability, creativity Intrinsic motivation drives innovation “ Your company will be challenged to change in a way for which it has no precedent.” Gary Hamel, The Future of Management From To © 2008 Next Level Journey

“I have never been to a revolution where no one got hurt.” Tom Friedman, Columnist, Author of The World is Flat Improve K12 with standardized testing Improve innovation by educating more STEM graduates Improve students “global competitiveness” by visiting other countries (in person or on line) © 2008 Next Level Journey

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. --- Michelangelo © 2008 Next Level Journey