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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. The fundamental business model that had sustained the great estates for hundreds of years was unraveling. Don’t wait to act.

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Leading in a World Without Secrets

Harvard Business Review

And this factor is likely to loom even larger in the future because many of the benefits of new technologies increase as more people join in. Companies do not all depend equally on proprietary information for competitive advantage. How can you do this? Some inevitably do, and if you are one of these, you are most exposed.

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The Future of Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

This new business model will require a different model of leadership development – one that pays more attention to ethics, the environment, how decisions impact the community and society, and human rights. One is not better than the other, but having an equal balance of both will give you a competitive advantage.