Leading and Managing in an Age of Disruption

Leading and Managing in an Age of Disruption

Future-proofing your business against robots, Brexit, and the climate crisis

In a global age of disruption from artificial intelligence, Brexit, climate crisis, trade wars, and changing employment demands, future organizational change is not avoidable.  The effects of disruption will be immediate, with consideration and preparation being paramount for the survival of organizations and the leaders of tomorrow.

• Automation: it is predicted that 1.5 million people in England are at a high risk of losing their jobs to automation
• Geopolitical change: Geopolitical change can devastate unprepared businesses, such as a no-deal Brexit, threaten to cost businesses millions of dollars
• Climate crisis: Over 200 of the world’s largest listed companies forecast that the climate crisis could cost them billions of dollars in upcoming years

Leading and Managing Change in the Age of Disruption and Artificial Intelligence, written by Dr. Matthew Donald, is the essential guide for management in the new economy.  With over three decades of business experience, Dr. Donald’s book brings the topics of management, leadership, and organizational change into the future for leaders and managers of organizations, arming them with case studies, exercises, tools, tables, and analysis to assist with preparation for organizational change.

The book expertly tackles modern disruption, ranging from EU destabilization, rebalancing world powers, financial trade barriers, and the influence of technology.  It provides practical insights and strategies to help managers and leaders to future-proof organizations of all sizes for the wave of disruption on the horizon, which is threatening large scale loss of jobs, occupations, and even whole industries.

In a time of change, Dr. Donald looks at the changing demands of managing a modern workforce, from the skilling your force now in areas, such as data analysis, to adapting to the demands of a millennial workforce for flexible working and the adoption of corporate social responsibility to maintain values in times of tumultuous change.

Leading and Managing Change in the Age of Disruption and Artificial Intelligence is an imperative read to future-proof organizations, as it provides the skills to critically think about what the future holds and to prepare you organization for whatever disruption is around the corner.