Anand Tamboli

Learning how to stay in control when everything is changing and understanding the short-term and long-term trends shaping your and neighboring industries is crucial for your survival, but not enough to raise your game. If you want to be a leader, you have to find new ways of doing things. You have to become a disruptor. During this keynote, you’ll be inspired to explore a mindset of strategic leadership to drive innovation and transformation, and you will examine developments in exponential technology for your industry.

Learning how to reimagine the future is the key to the sustainability of your business. Understanding what it takes to build a future-ready organization though is when you start creating a culture of resilience and agility and changing the game instead of just leading it. This keynote will offer you the best practices of future-ready organizations, take you on a tour to the mega shifts affecting your business now and in the future, and will show you future scenarios from various industries, that can have an immediate application and impact on your own industry.

Alvin Toffler said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” The concept of unlearning and relearning has never been more relevant. To put it simply, what got you here, won’t get you there. By continuously challenging your own best thinking and finding new ways of doing things, you can make smarter decisions and navigate uncharted territories. Most innovators use first principles thinking to break the situation down to the fundamentals. It helps in bypassing various obstacles and creating a more effective solution. Are your people equipped with the necessary skills to learn, unlearn and relearn? Do You have a culture that inspires your people to operate from the first principles?

John Smith highlights an emerging trend in today's workforce: the presence of at least three different generations within most companies. These generations have distinct views on management and leadership, posing a challenge for fostering high-speed innovation. To navigate this, teams need diverse perspectives and a strong bias for action. Decision-making bottlenecks can hinder agility, threatening business survival. Smith advocates for distributed leadership, which emphasizes collaboration and resource sharing over traditional hierarchical models. This approach, driven by purposeful and knowledgeable leaders, can enhance business agility and cultivate a culture of diversity. Attendees will learn how to implement this model effectively.

Over the years, work focus has shifted from efficiency (industrial age) to technology (digital age) to purpose and belonging (human age). While some organizations have adopted servant leadership, empathy, diversity, and work-life balance, many lag in humanizing work. The workforce and world have evolved, emphasizing the need to align work with human needs and adaptability. In the human age, discussions will cover servant leadership, empathy, resilience, remote work, culture, education, new skills, curiosity, creativity, and technology's role in meeting new demands. Attendees will learn a transformative mindset and skills essential for thriving in this new era.