If you’re ready for a refreshing burst of optimism and excitement amid all the doom scrolling, look no further than Justin Bean. Justin is the author of a call to arms for leadership possibilities over problems. His book What Could Go Right? is the culmination of his research and work at the intersection of sustainability, tech, and innovation for impact. Justin believes we can envision our ideal world and empower ourselves with practical approaches to build it. In this episode Justin shares the six key trends for the future that will impact how we work, what we value and why we do what we do. He reminds us that change is incremental, we’re capable of more than we realise and that there is a way for the future to meet all of our needs - from profit to purpose and everything in between.
We need a leadership shift to a more collaborative world
Why you should listen: leadership trends to get excited about
Empowered, inclusive teams are the future
We explore leadership opportunities for change
Team development is all about raising collective competency
Embrace leadership that makes space for people and their potential
Envision your leadership future - and start designing it!
If your vision of the future includes leveraging your people's talent and building their strategic capability, join me for my Fit for the Future leadership event in May.
Key moments
Reframing fear of the future [4:00]
Developing a values mindset [8:10]
A perspective on the past [10:15]
Disrupting cultural norms [12:10]
Bonding over solving problems [15:00]
Join us in the Amplifers Academy [15:45]
Six trends for the future [16:10]
Seeing through social media [18:50]
Sustainability ethics [21:05]
Reclaiming woke! [23:00]
The distributed economy [26:20]
Leadership of the future [30:00]
The future of democracy [35:30]
Strategies for disinformation [39:50]
Envision the future [44:00]
About Justin Bean
Justin Bean is an impact-focused tech executive who has worked with Fortune 500s, Silicon Valley startups, and non- profit organisations to achieve triple-bottom-line (people, planet, profit) results, as an intrapreneur, consultant, mentor, and thought leader. Justin holds an MBA in Sustainable Management and BS in Sociology with minors in Economics and Business. Working in Sustainability Strategy and Solution Innovation at Hitachi, he is the author of the upcoming book What Could Go Right: Designing Our Ideal Future to Emerge from Continual Crises to a Thriving World
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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.