The Five Literacies of Global Leadership
What Authentic Leaders Know and You Need to Find Out
Chapter One
THE MATRIX
The tools of the mind become a burden when the environment which
made them necessary no longer exists.
- Henri Bergson
LOOKING OUT SIDE-IN
The pace of life has accelerated remorselessly over the past few centuries.
Our cultural evolution is an exponential trajectory in which everything is
speeding up. It took from the beginning of civilisation to the year 1900
to develop a global economy producing $US600 billion in output. Today
the world economy grows by that rate every couple of years! Supply chain
velocity has become the most critical factor for business in maintaining a
competitive advantage. Communication has become instantaneous. We
are constantly on the move, yet also plugged in to ... read full excerpt from The Five Literacies of Global Leadership: What Authentic Leaders Know and You Need to Find Out ebook