Technology Wants to Transform Skill-sets BUT

Leadership Skill-sets Remain Constant

“Are you ready to jump into the “real world”?

Overview • “Measure it with a micrometer” (Preparation):

– Successful leadership requires a strong foundation of education, training, skills, & knowledge.

• “Mark it with a grease pencil” (Experience):

– Successful leadership mandates a continuously evolving track record of experience, hard (smart) work, & networking.

• “Cut it with an Axe” (Success):

– Successful leadership is a blend of adaptability, flexibility, situational awareness, & a passion for constant learning.

BLUF: Your “Take-away” Topics

• Big Data – the “software-defined” future:

– Your force-multiplier or road block to success.

• Leadership & Management Tool Kits:

– One size doesn’t fit all.

• Globalization – the Fourth Wave:

– “Levée en masse ” for the Information Revolution.

Big Data – Our Software-defined Future • Grains of Sand: how many zeros can you count? • Hadoop: catching the criminal – or you. • Smart machines: the appliance that tells you what to do.

Leadership & Management Tool Kits • Networking: Churchill & Johnson Case studies.

• Air Force Instructor Pilot: everyone is different, no matter the career field.

• Smart workforce: the workforce that tells you what to do.

• Mentor/Mentee: a constant key to your success regardless of everything else!

Globalization 4.0 – the Fourth Wave

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Cut It with an Axe…Random thoughts

• Know yourself, your opposition, & the environment within which interaction will occur. • Keep attention of all resources & related action focused on achieving your strategic objectives as promptly as possible. • Understand, & guard against, the inherent disadvantage in every advantageous situation. • Be moral & ethical in all things. • Rely on your own preparation. • Do not hope for success based on the opposition not preparing. • Minimize emotional influences (hope, fear, greed). • Ensure appropriate financing & provisioning of all activities (prior to and during). • Avoid catastrophic mistakes by promptly adapting strategies & tactics to account for immediate circumstances.