Happy new year and welcome to the first episode of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast for 2024!
In this solosode I explore seven critical areas for leadership reform: democracy, healthcare, food production, education, wealth distribution, climate change, and urbanisation. Additionally, I identify three key trends that leaders need to navigate this year: redefining the employee work contract, incorporating AI in leadership, and shifting from command-based to collaborative power dynamics. These topics offer a roadmap for leaders to effectively traverse challenges and build leadership capabilities that are fit for the future. Are you ready? Let’s go…
Preparing for huge leadership power shifts around the world in 2024
Why you should listen: identifying the leadership questions we should be asking ourselves
Interlinked leaderships trends that will impact our thinking
We explore how we can make a positive difference through leadership
An experimental leadership mindset will be key this year - four experiments for you to undertake now
Leveraging AI in our leadership so we can do more, better
Getting power conscious - too much or too little is problematic
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Key moments
00:02:28
Planet Human: Advancements in science: lab-grown human organs and protein production from air. Check out the Future Normal end of year reflection and prediction article.
00:04:41
Planet Zoë: Updates on Zoë's book projects and forthcoming event, The Leadership Conclave, a small, intimate session with deep individual reflection and some group strategising. Find out more
00:08:51
Ripe for Reform or Revolution: Democracy.
00:10:56
Ripe for Reform or Revolution: Healthcare.
00:12:00
Ripe for Reform or Revolution: Food production.
00:13:12
Ripe for Reform or Revolution: Education.
00:14:19
Ripe for Reform or Revolution: Wealth, property, economies, and taxation.
00:15:33
Ripe for Reform or Revolution: Climate change politics.
00:16:40
Ripe for Reform or Revolution: Ongoing urbanisation.
00:17:51
Central leadership question and three trends to manage.
00:18:51
Revisiting the work contract value proposition with employees.
00:20:06
Experiment: Purposeful gathering.
00:21:12
Trend: AI-assisted everything and corresponding experiment.
00:22:35
Power and Collaboration: Discussing the dangers of wielding power alone and the need for collaborative leadership.
00:23:50
Collective Decision Making: Exploring the importance of collective decision-making processes and recommending resources for implementing them.
00:26:18
Leadership Constants: Highlighting the unchanging needs of leaders, including self-care, safety, belonging, status, autonomy, and fairness.
00:29:40
Complexity and Perspective: Emphasising the necessity for leaders to navigate complexity by developing perspective, understanding diversity, and honing futurist skills.
00:31:57
Reading and Emotional Intelligence: Promoting the use of fiction to develop empathy and emotional intelligence in leaders, with a book example.
00:33:02
Book Discussion: Analysing the science fiction book "Children of Memory" and its implications on human experiences and connections.
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is a leadership futurist, podcaster, and multiple award-winning author. She works with leaders and teams to navigate future horizons.
She has worked with individuals and teams internationally and in Australia since 1987. From wild Canadian rivers to the Australian Outback, and the Boardroom jungles, Zoë is an adventurist! She facilitates strategy and culture sessions with audacious teams.
Zoë's fourth leadership book, People Stuff - Beyond Personality Problems: An advanced handbook for leadership, won the Book of the Year at the Australian Business Book Awards in 2020. Her fifth book is a near future science fiction dystopian novel, The Olympus Project.
Zoë is the producer of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast, dedicated to asking “What if…?” and sharing Big Ideas on the Future of Leadership.
Zoë is an outdoor adventurist and enjoys telemark skiing, has run six marathons, is a one-time belly-dancer, has survived cancer, and loves hiking in the high country. She is married to a gorgeous Aussie and is a self-confessed dark chocolate addict.