Discover why not taking a risk is the biggest risk of all
In The Upside of Disruption: The Path To Leading and Thriving in the Unknown, renowned disruption thinker and best-selling author Terence Mauri delivers a compelling set of mindset shifts for today's unique leadership challenges. In the book, you'll find the future-ready insights and tools you need to lead for today and prepare your organization for tomorrow.
The author explains why so many of us continually overestimate the risks of bold decisions while underestimating the downsides of standing still for too long in an increasingly complex and volatile world. You'll learn about the upside of disruption and how to turn it into a tailwind for laser-like focus and strategic courage. You'll also find:
- Discussions of why good leaders learn but great leaders unlearn
- The key to unlocking cultures of courage over conformity
- Actionable strategies to sharpen the future readiness muscle and find the upside in disruption
A singularly engaging new take on leading the future that uniquely favors the bold, The Upside of Disruption will earn a place in the libraries of managers, executives, board members, entrepreneurs, and founders looking for a new and resilient path forward.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 A Wake- up Call from the Future 1
Leadership on the Ballot 5
Future- ready Mindsets 7
Questions Are the Answer 14
Don’t Mention the ‘D’ Word 16
Disruption Is the Norm; the Upside Is a Choice 17
The Upside Is the Answer 18
The Nutritional Value of Leadership 21
Chapter 2 Data: Lead with AI 31
Leadership Disrupted 35
Making the Impossible Possible 36
Amazonification Principles 38
The Most Significant Risk Is Not AI 39
Underhyped Versus Overhyped 40
A Brief History of AI 42
The AI-Intelligence Illusion 47
Attention Is the New Oil 50
Matching AI with Leadership and Humanity 54
The Anything Workforce 55
Be a Future-maker 60
Takeaways 61
Chapter 3 Agility: Great Leaders Unlearn 65
Learning for Today While Unlearning for Tomorrow 68
Mind the Agility Gap 71
Slow, Siloed, and Complicated 74
Measure My Bureaucratic BS (Score Yourself on a Scale of 1-5) 5 = “Strongly Agree” 75
Failure to Reimagine Failure 79
A Brief History of Failure 81
From Action, I Learn (FAIL) 84
A Story of Unlearning a Toxic Culture 87
Unlearning Is the Answer 92
Unlearning Equals Agility and Humility 95
Takeaways 96
Chapter 4 Risk: The Courage Advantage 101
The Courage Dividend 108
Courage Calling 108
Willful Contrarianism 115
The Mindset Advantage 120
The Beyonders 122
Wanted - Leaders of Courage 127
Takeaways 127
Chapter 5 Evolution: In Trust, We Grow 133
Truth Decay in Organizations 136
Trust on the Ballot 136
Trust in Humans 137
Trust Decay 139
The Trust Mindset 142
Believing 146
Belonging 146
Braving 147
Becoming 148
Who We Are Is What We Do 148
The Future of Trust 157
Trust Is The Ultimate Human Currency 164
Takeaways 165
Chapter 6 Beyond Is Where We Begin 169
First, When Disruption Is the Norm, Rethinking Is the Answer 171
Second, Technology Changes Fast. Humans Don’t 173
Third, In the Human-Technology Nexus, Courage Skills Are the New Leadership 175
Beware of the Rubber Band Effect 177
The Dogs That Don’t Bark 179
Frontier Leadership 180
Chapter 7 The Dare Leadership Test 187
Data 189
Agility 190
Risk 190
Evolution 190
Notes 191
Acknowledgments 209
About the Author 211
Index 213
