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Delivering Stakeholder Value Through Human Capability:
The Emerging World of Work
by Dave Ulrich

Everyone recognizes the rapidly evolving world of work with social, technology, economic, political, environmental, and demographic (STEPED) disruptions. While it might have been possible before to focus on customer or strategy or technology or culture or people or leadership or new HR operating models, today’s complex and rapidly changing business context requires alignment, integration, and simplicity in the face of complexity. Let me suggest three simple (not easy!) principles shaping the new world of work. […]

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How the Dionysian Imperative Changes Business Management
by Janka Krings-Klebe and Jörg Schreiner

While the landscape shifts beneath our feet – marked by disruption, blurred boundaries, and accelerating change – many organizations still cling to outdated instincts. For generations, management has been guided by a quest for order and predictability, trying to tame uncertainty through rigorous processes and disciplined decision-making. This inclination aligns well with what Nietzsche, in The Birth of Tragedy, called the “Apollonian” impulse: the drive toward harmony, rationality, and controlled form. Yet Nietzsche also highlights a contrasting “Dionysian” force – one that brings forth ecstasy, chaos, and the powerful wellspring of creativity. Balancing these two impulses, he claimed, was vital for the brilliance of ancient Greek tragedy, where structure and chaos coexisted to produce artistic greatness.[…]

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2025

Agility Is Not Enough
by Baba Prasad

In every boardroom today, agility is the leadership buzzword. Move faster. Pivot sooner. Outpace the market.
But agility is often equated with speed, and speed alone is not enough. In Peter Drucker’s words, it risks becoming “doing efficiently what should not be done at all.”
Today’s leaders need five distinct agilities that align speed with insight, creativity, vision, and meaning: Analytical (seeing differently), Operational (reconfiguring rapidly), Inventive (creating under constraint), Communicative (shaping narratives), and Visionary (anticipating futures). Without them, agility becomes mere motion — impressive in pace, aimless in direction; “sound and fury, signifying nothing.” […]

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Delivering Stakeholder Value Through Human Capability:
The Emerging World of Work
by Dave Ulrich

Everyone recognizes the rapidly evolving world of work with social, technology, economic, political, environmental, and demographic (STEPED) disruptions. While it might have been possible before to focus on customer or strategy or technology or culture or people or leadership or new HR operating models, today’s complex and rapidly changing business context requires alignment, integration, and simplicity in the face of complexity. Let me suggest three simple (not easy!) principles shaping the new world of work. […]

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2025

AI: Transforming the Future of Organizational Leadership
By Annika Steiber

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming a core element of business performance. From generating content to automating workflows, generative and agentive AI are changing how organizations operate. Yet amid the media buzz and market hype, it’s important to separate substance from sensation. AI is not a force that will replace human leadership—it’s a tool that, when used well, will enhance decision-making, improve effectiveness and efficiency, and empower transformation.[…]

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