Leadership development is changing
Early next month, the Judge Business School will hold an alumni reunion. I’m sure it will include the usual “so what are you doing now†and “it looks like John has put on a few pounds†discussions.
Besides those, the main topic of the day will be “Business education for the 21st century.†Here’s a key quote from the post announcing the event.
“But what will business look like in another quarter-century? And how will business schools adapt to help the businessmen and women of tomorrow to meet those challenges? This is the thorny issue being discussed in a seminar at CJBS’s forthcoming Alumni Reunion. And all three of the School’s academics leading it believe the human race will have rather different priorities in 2041 – and that business education will reflect them.”
Leadership development and the problem of the future
The problem of the future is that we know it will be different from today, but we don’t know exactly how. We almost always overestimate the speed of basic change. I’m quite sure, for example, that the human race will have pretty much the same priorities in 2041 that we have today. Human nature and basic priorities haven’t changed much in a very long time.
On the other hand, changes in management practice should be fairly substantial, driven by changes in technology that will be even faster. Most forecasts look at those changes and recommend things to add to the business school curriculum and that’s a problem
Leadership development and the question no one asks
There’s a critical question that almost no one every asks: “What should we stop teaching?â€
What do you think? Before we fill up the business curriculum with more stuff, what can we eliminate?
