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JULY 11, 2018

A focus on "knowing" must be replaced with a focus on "how to think, problem solve and successfully navigate global complexity using ethical values.".

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Twitter helps us learn to "think global" in a connected global society. It keeps us current, connects us with a global network of information and provides real-time data. It can transform us and the way we do business. I've sprinkled in some statistics along with my own observations about the learning benefits of Twitter.

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MAY 16, 2012

Are We Moving Toward a "Global Society"? To imagine the world as a global society we must look at the issue from a view that is many levels above our day-to-day routines and our sometimes mechanical responses to our day-to-day challenges.

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JUNE 29, 2016

The previous posts in the series in case you missed them: Part 1 on Global Trends Part 2 on Wholeness. By Linda Fisher Thornton This post is Part 4 in the series "5 Insights Into Leadership Development Future.". Part 3 on Growth and Human Development In Part 4, we take a look at positive ethical values and the search for meaning.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

There is an ethics trend away from a "push" mentality when it comes to learning about ethics (making people do it) to a "pull" mentality (making it positive so that people will want to do it).

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JULY 24, 2013

Ethical Leader Ethical Organization Trends ethical ethical leadership ethical organization global leadership leading ethicallym ethics what is ethical leadership' After taking the Leading in Context website and branding back to the drawing board, this week I''m delighted to introduce the Leading in Context® Website version 2.0.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

So much of it has been a blur as we've scrambled to reinvent our work and daily habits to adapt to a persistent global pandemic. By Linda Fisher Thornton. Here we are at the end of the year already.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Leading in a Complex Global Context I did some research about global trends and challenges and how they will change the way we lead in the future. The answers I found explain why we sometimes feel that we're in a perpetual state of disequilibrium.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

By Linda Fisher Thornton We are expected to make ethical decisions in a rapidly changing global society, where there is increasing awareness of what "ethical" means. Complexity Context Ethical Leader Trends ethical leadership ethical leadership development ethical leadership future ethics proactive ethics' How do we prepare for that?

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APRIL 8, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) can enhance people’s lives in many new ways, and because of its enormous scale, it will alter our global economy and the way we do business. Unlike the software design projects of the past, working in the IoT takes us into completely uncharted ethical territory.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Customers shop globally now, and when they buy, they compare products more and more often based on ethics. In addition to shopping cautiously during the recession when money is tight, there's also a trend toward thinking about how each purchase impacts the global community and the planet.

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JUNE 1, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton In this series called "5 Insights Into the Future of Leadership Development" I will be sharing trends and learning resources that give us the broad picture of how to prepare leaders for success in a complex, connected global society.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Global futurists have already provided us with a variety of possible global scenarios to use in our planning. By Linda Fisher Thornton Due to the uncertainty and constant change we're experiencing during the pandemic, every organization should be considering how to adapt to multiple COVID-19 scenarios.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

By Linda Fisher Thornton Global unrest is being fueled by widespread misinformation campaigns. Who's fueling these campaigns? The bad actors who are creating misinformation? Or the platforms who intentionally or unintentionally share false information for profit? Or the people who believe the disinformation they read and incite violence?

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JUNE 1, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton In this series called "5 Insights Into the Future of Leadership Development" I will be sharing trends and learning resources that give us the broad picture of how to prepare leaders for success in a complex, connected global society.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Agility and adaptability are mantras for leaders during this time of global unrest and catastrophic change. By Linda Fisher Thornton. Each day brings new challenges that consume our time and require us to grow into higher levels of ethical awareness to avoid missteps and miscalculations.

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JULY 20, 2016

Here are the 4 previous posts in the series in case you missed them: Part 1 on Global Trends Part 2 on Wholeness. By Linda Fisher Thornton This is the 5th post in a series called 5 Insights Into Leadership Development Future.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton As a global community, we have learned some things this year. Global citizens have learned that values are the most important defining characteristics of nations, and if we don't operate from a base of values we descend into conflict and chaos.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

By Linda Fisher ThorntonThere are many ways to define "ethical leadership" but there is increasing global interest in learning "ethical leadership" in a holistic and authentic way. The Leading in Context Blog now includes 500 articles on high-level, holistic and global ethical leadership.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Successful communication requires new approaches in a connected global society. Some of the trends and changes featured in these articles include: "Communication Future" Our understanding of communication is changing rapidly and these articles preview what the future of communication may look like (and a history of where it's been).

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton The Millennium Project is a global participatory think tank with a noble purpose - To "improve humanity’s prospects for building a better future.".

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MAY 18, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton While we are experiencing many global challenges, there is also a gradual global push toward better leadership.

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MAY 18, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton While we are experiencing many global challenges, there is also a gradual global push toward better leadership.

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MAY 13, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton In a recent post, I acknowledged that "leaders face information overload, globalization and increasing complexity. How can we prepare leaders to succeed in a socially and globally connected world? And they hold the key to your organization’s future. Make it a priority to help them be ready."

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

this post features more sources and more recent sources of information about shared ethical values on a global scale.

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JULY 29, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton Many leaders wonder how to prepare for an uncertain future – one that is filled with complexity, changing expectations and an increasing global awareness about ethical responsibility.

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MARCH 2, 2011

In his remarks he said many powerful things about leadership in a global society. de Klerk speak in person last week when he visited the University of Richmond and spoke at the Jepson Leadership Forum about his role in ending apartheid in South Africa. The one that struck a chord with me most was about "radical change.".

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JANUARY 6, 2021

By Linda Fisher Thornton Of the 52 individual posts published on the Leading in Context Blog in 2020, these 10 were the most popular. See if you notice a theme that connects these new topics that readers accessed most frequently.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton Lately we've been seeing too much content that is not grounded in understanding. Some of it is intentionally misleading and some of it is well-intentioned but misinformed.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

By Linda Fisher Thornton This series has explored 5 important spheres of Ethical Thinking and Decision Making. This week I'm summing it up in a checklist that will help you apply all 5 to your daily choices. When you are making a key decision, run it through the checklist to be sure you have considered all 5 important dimensions. .

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JANUARY 16, 2019

By Linda Fisher Thornton The Top Post Series this year reflects a concern I have that many other people must share. It is a concern about what can happen when we don’t use ethical thinking. This series answers the important question “Why should we take the time to think intentionally about the ethics of our […].

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

By Linda Fisher Thornton A day when so many people eat too much candy seems just right for sharing new research that turns conventional wisdom on healthy eating inside out. This new research will begin to change the thinking and practices of the food and restaurant industries. Here is a sneak preview:

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Businesses that are proactive and that make ethical leadership a priority will benefit in many ways. Here are three of the many ways that ethical leadership helps us compete:

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton If we want to prepare leaders to handle complex challenges, we need to move beyond shallow approaches that focus on knowledge building. We need to help leaders learn to think deeply (beyond symptoms to complex, systemic causes) and broadly across disciplines as they work to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

What is Transdiciplinarity? The Institute for the Future and the University of Phoenix Research Institute list transdisciplinarity as #7 in a list of skills critical for Workforce 2020. They define it as "understanding concepts across multiple disciplines.".

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Learning and Motivation We now understand so much more about how people learn and what motivates them than we did as recently as ten years ago. People prefer to learn in their own ways, at their own pace, using the resources they choose. They enjoy following their curiosity and creating their own meaning.

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