Index

Page numbers followed by f refer to figures.

A

  • AARP (American Association for Real Possibilities), 23
  • AARP (American Association for Retired Persons), 23
  • ABC (American Broadcasting Company), 179
  • ABC of Gender Inequality in Education (OECD), 174
  • Abilities: Their Structure, Growth and Action (Cattell), 109
  • Academic achievement, confidence and, 174–75
  • Academic fields, occupational identity in, 179
  • Accenture, 159
  • Accidental culture, 178, 183
  • Achievement gap, 176, 177
  • Achievement status, 171
  • Action (bridging) networks, 210–212, 210f
  • Adaptability:
    • in agile learning mindset, 105f, 107
    • demand for, 111
    • flexibility vs., xxvii, 192
    • as future work skill, 122, 123
    • hiring for, 201, 205
    • importance of, 1, 132
    • and rapid change, xxvi–xxvii
  • Adaptability gap, xxv–xxvi
  • Adaptability quotient (AQ), xxiv
  • Adaptation, xiii–xiv. See also Iceberg Model
    • age and, 7, 7f
    • continuous, 8, 168
    • identity and, xix–xx, 173
    • learning in, 147–48
    • as ongoing process, 1, 44
    • technological change and, 7, 8, 8f, 44
    • velocity of change and, 13–14, 14f
  • AdaptationAdvantage.com, 223, 225
  • Adaptive identity, 103, 103f
  • Adaptive organizations, 98. See also Learning organizations
  • Adaptive teams, 195–220
  • building, 209–212
    • cognitive diversity on, 212–214
    • continuous learning by, 215–216
    • failure for, 214–215
    • future for, 217, 218
    • and hiring for cultural fit, 205–208
    • and hiring for open-mindedness, 208
    • job descriptions and, 197–205
    • leadership of, 218–219
    • with multigenerational workforce, 216–217
    • organizational charts and, 195–197
  • Adaptive thinking, 124
  • AEM cube, 213
  • Affordable Care Act, 157
  • Age:
    • and adaptation, 7, 7f
    • and development of uniquely human capabilities, 109, 109f
    • of population, 23–25
    • of workforce, 216–217
  • Agency:
    • in agile learning mindset, 105, 105f, 106f
    • and occupational identity trap, 168, 170
  • AGI (artificial general intelligence), 121
  • Agile learning mindset, 104–108, 105f
    • components of, 105–107
    • and core identity, 103–104
    • and education-to-work pipeline, 111–114
    • example of, 108
    • in Iceberg Model, 103, 103f
  • Agile methodologies, 104
  • Agility, 105–106, 105f
  • Agricultural era, 14, 15f
  • AI, see Artificial intelligence
  • Airbnb, xv, 10, 183–184
  • Alexa (Amazon), 45, 149f, 191
  • Algorithms:
    • augmentation of work by, 39, 41, 42
    • in Fourth Industrial Revolution, 4
    • for routine work, 149, 197
  • Allen, Paul, 121
  • Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, 121
  • The Alliance (Hoffman), 43
  • Alphabet (company), 151f, 152
  • AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions, 155
  • Amazon, 4, 184, 201
    • Alexa, 45, 149f, 191
    • culture and capacity at, 187
    • in entertainment industry, 179
    • hiring at, 207–208
    • institutional innovation at, 152
    • market capitalization, 151f, 152
    • purpose at, 185–86, 186f
  • American Association for Real Possibilities (AARP), 23
  • American Association for Retired Persons (AARP), 23
  • American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 179
  • Animals, learning for humans vs., 119–120
  • Annual reviews, 151
  • Anxiety, 165, 166
  • Aon, 165
  • Apollo 11 spacecraft, 6
  • Apple. See also specific products
    • artificial intelligence at, 6
    • burning ambition at, 171
    • culture and capacity at, 187
    • expertise at, 102
    • Steve Jobs on being fired from, 189–90
    • market capitalization of, 151f, 152
    • product life cycle at, 149–50
  • Apple News, 191
  • AQ (adaptability quotient), xxiv
  • Argodesign, 208
  • Aristotle project, 162–163
  • Arizona State University, xxvii, 192
  • Armour Meat Production, 151f, 152
  • Artificial cognition, see Silicon cognition
  • Artificial general intelligence (AGI), 121
  • Artificial intelligence (AI), 4, 6
    • augmentation of work by, 37, 40, 44–45
    • common sense for, 121
    • identifying friction points with, 128
    • and importance of humanities/social sciences, 134
    • limitations of, 100
    • for workforce management, 157–58
  • Arts programs, in education, 129, 130
  • Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions, 155
  • The Atlantic, 175–76
  • Atomization of work:
    • defined, 38, 38f
    • examples, 39–40
    • and how work is done, 43
    • and uniquely human capabilities, 41–45
  • AT&T:
    • continuous learning at, 215–216
    • market capitalization of, 151f, 152
    • preparations for disruption at, 158–60, 159f
  • Augmentation of work, 35–46
    • defined, 38f, 39
    • examples, 40
    • historical perspective on, 35–37
    • and how work is done, 43
    • and uniquely human capabilities, 41–45
    • upskilling and reskilling in response to, 37, 40, 41f
  • Augmented era, 14, 15f
  • Autodesk, 118, 123, 126, 185, 221
    • augmentation of work at, 45
    • capacity at, 188
    • uniquely human capabilities at, 119
  • Automation, xiii. See also Automation of work
    • collaboration with, 137
    • and cost of technology, 42
    • ethical decision making for, 13
    • and future work skills, 123–124
    • job change due to, xxii–xxiv
    • and labor market, xxii–xxv
    • and managing friction, 127
    • of routine tasks, 138, 139
  • Automation of work:
    • defined, 38–39, 38f
    • examples, 39
    • and how work is done, 43
    • and uniquely human capabilities, 41–45
  • Autonomous learning loop, 99, 100
  • Awareness:
  • Axonify, 154, 155

B

  • Babson College, 192–93
  • Baby Boomers, see Boomers
  • Ball State, 138
  • Banking sector, 44
  • Barber, Gregory, 121
  • Barclays, xxiv, 179
  • Barnes & Noble, 185–86, 187
  • Battilana, Julie, 211
  • BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), 130, 133
  • BCG, see Boston Consulting Group
  • Beginner's mindset, 190, 102, 197
  • Behavior:
    • celebrating and sanctioning, 182–184
    • motivating changes in, 170–173
  • Behavioral skills gap, 111, 112f
  • Beliefs, about truth and trust, 26–27
  • Belonging, sense of, 26, 31–32
  • Benniss, Warren, 221
  • Berkeley Social Interaction Lab, 147
  • “The Best Leaders Are Constant Learners” (Mikkelsen and Jarche), 160–161
  • Bethlehem Steel, 151f, 152
  • Betterment (application), 37
  • Bezos, Jeff, 184
  • Bias(es):
    • and capacity, 185–186
    • and Pymetrics-based hiring, 204
    • in silicon cognition, 118–119
  • Biden, Joe, 175
  • Big Data, xv
  • Bitcoin, xv
  • BlackBerry, 150
  • Blasé, William, 159, 216
  • Blockbuster, 187, 217
  • Blomstrom, Duena, 163–164
  • BLS, see US Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Blue laws, 22
  • Boncheck, Mark, 113
  • Boomers, 25, 218f
  • “Born digital” generation, 7, 109
  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 98–100, 212
  • Bounded rationality, 186
  • Bradberry, Travis, 148
  • Brain development, 110–111
  • Bridging networks, 210–212, 210f
  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 130, 133
  • British Council, 134
  • Brown, Brené, 104, 153, 155–156, 163, 165, 225, 226
  • Buena casa, building, 157–158
  • Burning ambition, 171, 171f, 172f
  • Burning Glass Technologies, 128, 130, 131, 134
  • Burning platform metaphor, 170–171, 170f–172f
  • Burnside, Robert, 111
  • Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 157
  • Business:
    • capacity and culture as inputs of, 177, 177f
    • defined, 99
  • Business intelligence, 192, 193f
  • Business Model Generation (Osterwalder and Pigneur), 225
  • Business Model You (Clark), 225
  • Business risk, environmental climate change as, 9–10
  • Business Roundtable, 135

C

  • Cable News Network (CNN), 216
  • California, gender equality in, 29
  • Calkins, Maria, 120
  • Cameras, 150, 150f, 187
  • Candidates (employment), finding, 200–205
  • Candor, radical, 165
  • Capability(-ies):
    • context and, 186–187
    • focusing on capacity vs., 188
    • screening candidates for, 205, 206
  • Capacity:
    • as basis for products/services, 190
    • connecting culture and, 184–186
    • as focus of organization, 187–190
    • increasing, with learning tours, 172, 173f
    • as input of effective business, 177, 177f
    • and interaction of capability and context, 186–187
    • at learning organization, 190–193
    • and metrics in Fourth Industrial Revolution, 175–176
    • shifting culture to expand, 189
    • and value creation, 191, 192f
  • Carbon dioxide, atmospheric levels of, 8
  • Career, 13
    • conceptualization of, 187
    • learning to work in a, 154–55
    • in old economy, xxi, xxif
  • Career identity, 166–67
  • Career Intelligence, 158–59, 159f
  • Carers job cluster, 160
  • Casciaro, Tiziana, 211
  • Case, Anne, 29
  • Casnocha, Ben, 200
  • Catalyst Foundation, 175
  • Cattell, Raymond, 109
  • Caucasian, as majority race, 20–21
  • CBS Corporation, 179
  • Celebrating behavior, 182–184
  • Center for the Edge, 148, 97
  • Centre for The New Workforce, 108
  • CEOs (chief executive officers), skills most important to, 132
  • CGS (Council of Graduate Schools), 174
  • Challenge the process (leadership practice), 153
  • Change. See also Velocity of change
    • continuous, 148
    • difficulties in making, 168
    • exponential, 7–8, 8f, 19–20
    • linear, 7–8, 8f, 19–20
    • in personal vs. professional identity, xix–xx
    • in technology and work, xx–xxi, 221–222
  • Change agents, networks of, 211
  • Change agility, 106
  • Change management models, 168–170
  • Chesky, Brian, 183
  • Chief executive officers (CEOs), skills most important to, 132
  • Children:
    • encouraging curiosity in, 167–68
    • engagement in learning by, 130, 131f
    • narratives of, 168
    • socioeconomic status and opportunities for, 169
  • CHILL (Cisco Hyperinnovation Learning Labs), 154, 186
  • China:
    • digital community of, 10, 11f
    • STEM education in, 130
  • Christianity, 22
  • Church membership, 26–27, 27f
  • Cigna, 26, 30
  • Cisco Hyperinnovation Learning Labs (CHILL), 154, 186
  • Cisco Systems, 154, 125
  • Clan-like networks, 210, 210f, 211
  • Clark, Tim, 225
  • Climate changes, 3–15
    • effects of, 12–15
    • environmental, 8–10, 12–13, 12f
    • market, 10–13, 12f
    • technological, 5–8, 12–13, 12f, 44, 128
    • and velocity of change, 3–5
  • Climate migrants, 9
  • Clinton, Hillary, 175
  • Closed-mindedness, 102
  • Cloud computing, xv, 41
  • CNN (Cable News Network), 216
  • Coach thinking style, 113
  • Coding, as fundamental literacy, 123–124
  • Cognitive diversity, 208, 212–214
  • Cognitive functioning, peak of, 110
  • Cognitive limitations, 186
  • Cognitive load management, 124–125
  • Cognitively intensive work, 44–45
  • Collaboration:
    • computational thinking in, 126–127
    • and enabling others to act, 154
    • future work skills for, 122, 125–126
    • knowledge flows in, 154
    • learning from, 165
    • by multigenerational teams, 216–217
    • self-awareness and, 107, 108
    • with star performers, 151
    • uniquely human capabilities for, 127–128, 131
    • virtual, 127
    • as work activity, 199
  • “Collaboration Overload” (Cross, Rebele, and Grant), 107
  • Collins, Lisa Rioles, 120
  • Columbia University, 174, 151
  • Commerce, pace of, 10
  • Common sense, 121
  • Communication, 131, 217
  • Community, 12f, 13, 31
  • Community identity, 104
  • Compassion, 149
  • Compensation:
  • in STEM jobs, 128–129, 130f
    • and transdisciplinarity, 133, 133f
  • Competence, 174, 176, 177f
  • Competencies, Khan Lab School, 170
  • “Competing on the Rate of Learning” (BCG), 98–99
  • Competition, 151–152
  • Complex organization, 161–162, 161f
  • Complicated organization, 161–162, 161f
  • Computational thinking, 126–127
  • Computers, xiv–xv, 37
  • The Confidence Code (Kay and Shipman), 175
  • Confidence gap, 174–77, 177f
  • Congressional midterm elections (2018), 28–29
  • Connectivity, xiv
  • Connector thinking style, 113
  • Consultants, 200
  • Context, capability and, 186–187
  • Contingent talent, 43, 43f, 199, 200, 200f
  • Continuous adaptation, 8, 168
  • Continuous change, 148
  • Continuous learning:
    • by adaptive teams, 215–216
    • as function of work, 154–56
    • by leaders, 160–161
    • at learning organizations, 114
    • as uniquely human capability, 119–122
  • Cookie monster experiment, 147–149
  • Corbin, Annalies, 170
  • Core identity, 103–104
  • Cornell University, 176
  • Corporations, workers' value to, 135–137
  • Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), 174
  • Courage, vulnerability and, 156
  • Course corrections, 97–98, 102
  • Creative economy, 215, 222–223
  • Creativity:
    • augmentation of work requiring, 45
    • as uniquely human capability, 119–122, 221–222
  • Cronkite, Walter, 26
  • Cross, Rob, 107, 152
  • Cross-cultural competency, 126
  • Crystallized intelligence, 109–110
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (television series), 168
  • Csibra, Gergely, 120
  • Cuba, Airbnb in, 10
  • Cuddy, Amy, 153
  • Cultural add, 207, 208
  • Cultural diversity, of teams, 212
  • Cultural fit, 196, 205–208, 213
  • Cultural norms, 19–32
    • and age of population, 23–25
    • and beliefs about truth and trust, 26–27
    • and family makeup, 25
    • and gender-based power dynamics, 28–29
    • and gender identity, 25–26
    • identity and shifts in, 1
    • and identity formation, 178
    • as identity threat, 103
    • linear vs. exponential change and, 19–20
    • and online platforms' effect on human relationships, 29–30
    • and racial identity, 20–22
    • and religious identity, 22
  • Culture (organizational):
    • accidental, 178, 183
    • at adaptable companies, 143
    • as basis for products/services, 190
    • celebrating and sanctioning behavior to build, 182–184
    • connecting capacity and, 184–186
    • as focus of organization, 187–190
    • and human value era, 136, 137f
    • as input of effective business, 177, 177f
    • intentional, 177, 178, 183
    • and interaction of capability and context, 186–187
    • at learning organization, 190–193
    • purpose as foundation of, 178–182
    • shifting, to expand capacity, 189
    • at Uber vs. Airbnb, 183–184
  • Culture (national), fluency of, 126
  • Curiosity:
    • encouraging, in children, 167–68
    • modeling of, by leaders, 159–161
    • Passion and Curiosity Inventory, 188–89
    • tethering identity to, 31
  • Currencies, digital, 30
  • “The Curse of Expertise” (Fisher and Keil), 102

D

  • Dalberg-Acton, John, 147
  • Daly, Joanna, 148, 199
  • DARE (Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education) program, 166
  • Dare to Lead (Brown), 156, 225
  • Daring Greatly (Brown), 104, 225
  • DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), 121
  • Darwin, Charles, 107
  • Data:
    • learning through, 191–192
    • quantity created, 125
    • quantity experienced daily, 124–125
  • Daugherty, Paul, 159
  • da Vinci robot, 40
  • Day 1 mindset, 184–89
  • de Gues, Arie, 114
  • Deaton, Angus, 29
  • Decision making, 13, 186–187
  • Deep technologies, xv–xvii
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 121
  • Defensive teams, 213, 214f
  • Dell, Michael, xv
  • Dell Inc., xv
  • Deloitte Human Capital Trends, xxvif
  • Deloitte Insights, 152
  • Deloitte LLP, xxvi, xxvif, xxviii, 148, 97
  • Deming, David, 128–129, 129f, 130f
  • DEMO Conference, 35
  • Democratic presidential candidates, 175
  • Depression, 165
  • Design mindset, 124
  • Design Thinking, 101
  • Devil's advocates, 208
  • Dezeen, 45
  • Didi (app), xiv
  • Dieulafoy's Lesion, 40
  • Diffusion status, 171
  • Digital cameras, 187
  • Digital communities:
    • population of, 10, 11f
    • relationships in, 29–30
  • Digital Directive, 190
  • Digital economy, commerce in, 10–11
  • Digital learning platforms, 148
  • Digital media, life span of, 150–52
  • Digital skills, 123–124
  • Digital transformation:
    • culture and capacity during, 187–188
    • factors in successful, 151
    • in Fourth Industrial Revolution, xxiv, 137, 138
    • leadership during, 167
    • for learning companies, 190–191
    • transactional model of, 169
  • Digitization, xiii
  • Disciplinary mindset, 156f, 125–126
  • Disruption, anticipating, 158–60, 215–216
  • Dissent, 164–165
  • Diversity:
    • of adaptive team, 204–205
    • cognitive, 208, 212–214
    • cultural, 212
    • racial, 29
    • in US Congress, 212
  • “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” (TED Talk), 153
  • Drucker, Peter, 183–84
  • Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) program, 166
  • Dunning, David, 176
  • Dweck, Carol, 226
  • Dystopian perspective, on silicon cognition, 117, 119

E

  • Economic Policy Institute, 135
  • Edmondson, Amy, 163–165, 226
  • Education:
    • focus on STEM skills in, 129–130
    • as hiring requirement, 203, 204
    • in old economy, xxi, xxif
    • as preparation for work, 112, 114
    • stocks of knowledge in, 153
  • Educational attainment, 27–28, 28f, 174
  • Education-to-work pipeline, 111–114
  • Egypt, population age in, 24
  • Ehrlinger, Joyce, 176
  • Eiby, Donna Patricia, 127–128, 134
  • Electricity, 36
  • Electronics (journal), 5
  • Email, 4
  • Emerson Collective, 169–70
  • Emotional intelligence, 125, 147–149
  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Bradberry), 148
  • Emotional intelligence quotient (EQ), xxiv
  • Emotional well-being, job loss and, 166, 178
  • Empathy, 134–135, 149
  • Employability skills gap, xxiv–xxv
  • Employee approval rating, 154
  • Employment, industrial robot use and, 37
  • Enable others to act (leadership practice), 161–167
    • defined, 154
    • encouraging respectful discourse and dissent, 164–165
    • establishing psychological safety, 162–164
    • not knowing everything, 161–162
    • prioritizing wellness, 165–167
  • Enablers (Iceberg Model), 103, 103f, 108–111, 109f
  • Encourage the heart (leadership practice), 154
  • Energizer thinking style, 113
  • Engagement, in learning, 130, 131f
  • Environment, optimizing, 176
  • Environmental climate change, 8–10, 12–13, 12f
  • Epstein, Daniel, 179, 181–183, 206–208, 215
  • Epstein, David, 127, 226
  • EQ (emotional intelligence quotient), xxiv
  • Erikson, Erik, 171
  • ESPN, 179
  • Estonia, digital residency in, 10, 11
  • Ethics, climate changes and, 12f, 13
  • Etzioni, Oren, 121
  • Excellence Wins (Schulze), 218–219
  • Execute stage, 99, 100, 100f
  • Executive producers, 43, 43f, 199, 200f
  • Expand stage, 99, 100, 100f
  • Expectations, identity and realization of others', 173
  • Experience, as hiring requirement, 203, 204
  • Experimentation, in PAST Innovation Lab, 170
  • Experiment stage, 99, 100, 100f
  • Expertise, 102, 111
  • Expert thinking style, 113
  • Explicit skills:
    • half-life of, 18
    • hiring for, 198–199, 198f
    • in Iceberg Model, 103, 103f
  • Explorer thinking style, 113
  • Explore stage, 99–101, 100f
  • Exponential change, 7–8, 8f, 19–20
  • Extended families, 25

F

  • Facebook, xv
    • for born digital generation, 7
    • data use by, 191
    • digital community of, 10, 11f
    • market capitalization, 151f, 152
    • outsourcing of memory to, 36
  • Facial recognition software, 118–119
  • Faethm.ai, 157–58, 160
  • Failure:
    • for adaptive teams, 214–215
    • in learning, 104
    • mistakes vs., 170
    • and psychological safety, 164
  • Fairness Doctrine, 26
  • Fakespace Systems, 154
  • Family:
    • influence on major of, 168, 169
    • makeup of, 25
  • Fast technologies, xiv–xv
  • FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 26
  • Fear, 170–171
  • The Fearless Organization (Edmondson), 163, 165, 226
  • Fear of missing out (FOMO), 128
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 26
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 169
  • Feedback, 165, 215
  • Fertility rates, 21, 24
  • Fiber-optic cable, xiv
  • The Fifth Discipline (Senge), xxvii, 114
  • Fill and spill model, 188
  • Film industry, 200
  • Firing, values-based, 182–183
  • First-generation learning organizations, 98
  • First Industrial Revolution, xxv, xxvf, 4, 5f, 139f
  • Fisher, Matthew, 102
  • Fit, cultural, 196, 205–208, 213
  • Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®, 153–167
    • challenge the process, 153
    • enable others to act, 161–167
    • encourage the heart, 154
    • inspire a shared vision, 153
    • model the way, 153–161
  • Fiverr, 39
  • Flexibility:
  • Flipboard, 191
  • Flows of knowledge:
    • for leaders, 159–160
    • and organizational charts, 196
    • stocks of knowledge vs., 153–54, 153f
  • Fluid intelligence, 7, 109–110
  • FOMO (fear of missing out), 128
  • Foreclosure status, 171, 172
  • “Forget the Pecking Order at Work” (TED Talk), 151, 226
  • Forrester, 125
  • Fortune 500 companies, 174
  • Foundational knowledge, 170
  • Foundational talent, 43, 43f, 199, 200f
  • Foundation for Young Australians, 18, 160, 166, 186
  • Fourth Industrial Revolution, xxiv, xxv, xxvf
    • continuous learning in, 215
    • defined, 4, 5f
    • leadership in, xxix, 145–147
    • learning companies in, 190
    • metrics in, 175–176
    • uniquely human skills in, 133, 139f
    • velocity of change in, 13
  • Fracking, xv
  • Franklin, Ben, 189
  • Free agency, 218
  • Freelancers, 200
  • Frey-Osborne model, xxiii
  • Friction, managing, 127–128
  • Friedman, Milton, 135, 146
  • Friedman, Thomas L., xx, 5, 9, 12, 12f, 98, 192, 225
  • Functional departments, teams based on, 209
  • Fundamental literacies, 170
  • The Future Computed (Smith and Shum), 134
  • Future Ready program, 158
  • Future work skills, 122–127, 123f
  • Future Work Skills Academy, 127

G

  • Gallup, 26, 130, 131f, 164
  • Genband, 167
  • Gender:
    • as driver of narrative, 173–76
    • skills categories and, 126
  • Gender-based power dynamics, 28–29
  • Gender identity, 25–26, 171
  • Gender-neutral pronouns, 25
  • Generalists, 127
  • General Motors (GM), 151f, 152
  • Generation X, 25, 218f
  • Generation Z, 25, 30, 217, 218f
  • Generative teams, 213, 214, 214f
  • Geopolitics, 12f, 13
  • Gergely, György, 120
  • Germine, Laura, 110
  • Gig work, 183
  • Gilbert, Dan, xix, 31, 173, 222
  • Github, xv
  • Glengarry Glen Ross (film), 114
  • “Global 2020 Medical Trends Rate” (Aon), 165
  • Global economy, 5. See also Market climate change
  • Global workforce, outsourcing to, 41
  • GM (General Motors), 151f, 152
  • Gmail, 39–40, 45
  • Godin, Seth, 219
  • Goffman, Erving, 164
  • Golden Circle, 185
  • Goldman Sachs, 174
  • Goleman, Daniel, 125
  • Google, 4, 118
    • automation of work by, 39–40
    • and PostRank Inc., 154
    • research on teams by, 108, 162–163
  • Google Calendar, 39
  • Google Glass, 150
  • Google Maps, 39
  • Government:
    • trust in, 26, 27f
    • women in, 28–29
  • Grant, Adam, 107, 152
  • Groupthink, 196, 210, 213
  • Gunning, Dave, 121
  • Gutenberg, Johannes, xvii

H

  • Habitation, 9
  • Hadoop software, xv
  • Hagel, John, xxviii, 148, 152, 153, 97–98
  • Handspring (company), 35
  • Hard skills, 127
  • Hartshorne, Joshua, 110
  • Harvard Business Review, 151, 154, 107, 113, 127, 152, 160, 199, 200, 212, 213
  • Harvard Business School, 163, 164
  • Harvard University, 22, 128
  • Hawkins, Jeff, 35
  • HBO, 216
  • Healthcare industry, 40
  • Heffernan, Margaret, 151, 152, 226
  • Hewlett-Packard, 175
  • Hierarchy Ladder of Business Intelligence, 192, 193f
  • Higher education:
    • as hiring requirement, 203, 204
    • as preparation for work, 112, 114
  • Hilbert, Martin, 124
  • Hiring:
    • for ability to learn, 18, 201
    • for adaptability, 201, 205
    • for cultural fit, 196, 205–208
    • for explicit skills, 198–199, 198f
    • for open-mindedness, 208
  • Hobby Lobby, 157
  • Hoffman, Reid, 43, 154, 200, 209
  • Horsepower, 37
  • Household size, 21
  • “How Employable is the UK?” (Barclays), xxiv
  • “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” (TED Talk), 185, 153, 178, 226
  • How question:
    • answering, for yourself, 187–89, 195
    • in Golden Circle, 185
    • and purpose, 187f
  • “How to Turn a Group of Strangers into a Team” (TED Talk), 226
  • Human beings:
    • capabilities of, see Uniquely human capabilities
    • learning in animals vs., 119–120
    • routine task performance by, 122, 122f
  • Human genome, sequencing, xv
  • Humanities, importance of, 134
  • Human + Machine (Daugherty and Wilson), 159
  • Human potential, inspiring, 147, 147f
  • Human value era, 135–136, 137f
  • Hunter–gatherer era, 14, 15f
  • Hybrid jobs, 131
  • Hyperspecialization, 15f, 111

I

  • I2O (Information Innovation Office), 121
  • IBM, xxiv, 4, 18, 167, 199
    • digital learning platform of, 148
    • market capitalization of, 151f, 152
    • on need for retraining, xxii
    • on quantity of data created, 125
    • on skills training, xxvi
    • on social/behavioral skills gap, 111, 112f
    • Watson, xv, 44
  • Iceberg Model, 102–114, 103f
    • agile learning mindset in, 104–108
    • identity in, 103–104
    • uniquely human skills in, 108–111
  • IDC (International Data Corporation), 125
  • Ideas, migration of, 20
  • Identity, xix–xx, 165–81. See also Occupational identity trap
    • and adaptation, xix–xx
    • adaptive, 103, 103f
    • career, 166–67
    • community, 104
    • and confidence gap, 174–77
    • connection of personal and professional, 18
    • core, 103–104
    • effect of shifting norms on, xxviii
    • formation of, 171–72
    • gender, 25–26, 171
    • in Iceberg Model, 103–104
    • intentional exploration of, 177–78
    • job change–driven identity crisis, 166, 178–79
    • life story model of, 172
    • and narratives, 173–77
    • occupational, 63, 166, 104
    • in old economy vs. new reality, xxii, xxiiif
    • organizational, culture and, 208
    • personal, xix–xx, 18, 171–72, 177–78, 104
    • professional, xix–xx, xxii, xxiiif, 18
    • purpose-driven, 31, 184
    • questions that limit, 18, 19, 19f, 165–70
    • racial, 20–22, 171
    • religious, 22
    • resilient, 103, 103f
    • shift in, xiv, 1
  • Identity status model, 171–72
  • Identity traps, defined, 173
  • Immigrants and immigration, xiv, 9, 21–22
  • Impression management, 164, 189
  • Independents (political party), 32
  • India, digital community of, 10, 11f
  • Individual future work skills, 124–125
  • Industrial era, 14, 15f, 154
  • Industrial robots, 4, 37, 39
  • Information era, 14, 15f
  • Information Innovation Office (I2O), 121
  • Informers job cluster, 160
  • Innateness, 121
  • Innosight, 151
  • Innovation, institutional, 152
  • In real life (IRL), 29–30, 36
  • INSEAD, 151
  • Insight, 192, 193f
  • Inspiration, 171
  • Inspire a shared vision (leadership practice), 153
  • Instagram, 4, 150f
  • Institute for Business Ventures, 111
  • Institute for the Future (ITF), 108, 122, 124–127
  • Institutional innovation, 152
  • Intelligence:
    • crystallized, 109–110
    • emotional, 125, 147–149
    • fluid, 7, 109–110
    • social, 125
  • Intelligence quotient (IQ), xxiv
  • Intentional culture, 177, 178, 183
  • Intentional learning, 156
  • International Data Corporation (IDC), 125
  • Internet:
    • knowledge flows on, 160
    • pace of commerce involving, 10
    • quantity of devices connected to, 125
    • tipping point for, xv
    • “truth” on, 26
  • Internet of Things, 160, 210
  • Invisible technology, xx
  • iPad, 42
  • iPhone:
  • iPod:
    • and iPhone introduction, 150, 102, 171
    • Steve Jobs's firing and, 190
    • life span of, 149–50, 149f
  • IQ (intelligence quotient), xxiv
  • IRL (in real life), 29–30, 36
  • I-shaped thinkers, 155, 156f
  • Islam, 22
  • ITF, see Institute for the Future
  • iTunes, 190, 187

J

  • Japan, 24, 27
  • Jarche, Harold, 160–161
  • Job(s):
  • Job candidates, see Candidates (employment)
  • Job capabilities, identifying, 156–60
  • Job change, likelihood of, 189
  • Job change–driven identity crisis, 166, 178–79
  • Job clusters, 160
  • Job Corridor, 157, 158f
  • Job descriptions, 196–205
    • at adaptable companies, 143
    • identifying candidates without, 200–205
    • and organizational charts, 196–197
    • as traps for workers, 198–200
    • usefulness of, 197–198
  • Job postings, 202–203
  • Jobs, Steve, xv, 36, 189–90, 190f
  • Job skills, identifying, 156–60
  • Job title, 148–149, 149f
  • John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 26
  • Johnson, James, 165–166
  • Josephine and Paul Designs, 39
  • Judeo-Christian norms, 22
  • Jump Associates, 134
  • “Just Do It” campaign, 157

K

L

  • Labor market, automation and, xxii–xxv
  • Latinx individuals, 25, 176, 177
  • LawGeex, 44–45
  • Leaders:
    • emotional intelligence of, 147–149
    • managers vs., 202, 219
    • power of, 147–149
    • values of, 154–155, 184
    • vulnerability for, 143
  • Leadership, 145–174
    • of adaptive teams, 218–219
    • capacity and, 185
    • change management models, 168–170
    • diversity in, 212
    • Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, 153–167
    • focusing on star performers, 150–152
    • in Fourth Industrial Revolution, xxix, 145–147
    • moral, 156–157
    • motivating behavior change, 170–173
    • old style of, 146–153
    • and organizational culture, 178
    • transformational, 167–170, 178–179
    • and values, 184
    • women in leadership positions, 28–29, 28f, 174
  • The Leadership Challenge (Kouzes and Posner), 146, 153, 157–158, 225
  • Leaman, Carol, 154–155
  • Lean In (Sandberg), 175
  • Learn, ability to, 18, 114, 201
  • Learning, 147–61. See also Continuous learning; Scalable learning
    • in adaptation, 147–48
    • in creative economy, 223
    • engagement of children in, 130, 131f
    • from hard lessons, 191–94
    • for humans vs. animals, 119–120
    • and identifying job skills and capabilities, 156–60
    • intentional, 156
    • in new reality, xxi, xxiif
    • pedagogical stance, 119–120
    • playful, 119
    • rapid, xiii
    • S-curve of, 99–101
    • 70-20-10 rule of, 165, 214
    • and stocks vs. flows of knowledge, 153–54
    • with technology, 186
    • through data, 191–192
    • transformational, 164
  • Learning agility, 105–106
  • Learning fast, 97–98
  • Learning organizations, 97–115
    • capacity and culture at, 190–193
    • continuous learning at, 114
    • course corrections by, 97–98
    • first-, second-, and third-generation, 98–99
    • Iceberg Model for, 102–114
    • S-curve of learning, 99–101
    • unlearning at, 102
  • Learning post-mortems, 215
  • Learning tours, increasing capacity with, 172, 173f
  • Leaving Boys Behind, Gender Disparagement in Academic Achievement (NBER), 174
  • LePine, Jeffery, xxvii, 107, 192
  • Leverage, xxi–xxii, xxiif
  • Lewin, Kurt, 168
  • Lewinsky, Monica, 94
  • Lewis, David, 212–214
  • LGBTQ-identifying parents, 25
  • Life expectancy, 22, 24, 29
  • Life story model of identity, 172
  • Linear change, 7–8, 8f, 19–20
  • LinkedIn, 43, 154, 166, 176, 200, 209
  • “Listening to Shame” (TED Talk), 226
  • Living, Earning, and Learning Longer initiative, 23
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, 139
  • London Underground, 25
  • Loneliness, 26, 27, 30
  • Longevity, xxi–xxii, xxiif
  • LRN Corporation, 156–157
  • Lyft, xv

M

  • McAdams, Dan P., 171, 172
  • McCue, Mike, 211
  • McDonald's, 201
  • The Machine Common Sense Program, 121
  • Machine intelligence, 42
  • Machlup, Fritz, 160
  • McIntosh, Susan, 104
  • McKinsey Global Institute, 137–138
  • McManus, Mickey, 118, 118f, 119, 185, 186, 221
  • Major, Brenda, 176
  • Managers, leaders vs., 202, 219
  • Man and Superman (Shaw), 179
  • Manufacturing sector, xxiii, 222–223
  • Marcia, James, 171
  • Market awareness, 107, 108
  • Market capitalization, 151–52, 151f
  • Market climate change, 10–13, 12f
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, 110
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 110
  • Meaning making, 186–87
  • Media, influence on major of, 168–69
  • Memory, 35–37
  • Men:
    • competence of women vs., 174
    • deaths of despair for, 29
    • educational attainment for, 28
    • exploration of identity by, 177–78
    • hard skills for, 127
    • promotions for women vs., 175
  • Mental agility, 106
  • Mental health, 166–167
  • Me Too movement, 29
  • Miami, Florida, 10
  • Microsoft, 151f, 152, 121, 211
  • Middle East, population age in, 24
  • Middle-skill jobs, xxiii
  • Mikkelsen, Kenneth, 160–161
  • Millennials, 25, 32, 217, 218f
  • Mindset. See also Agile learning mindset
    • beginner's, 190, 102, 197
    • and capacity, 185
    • Day 1, 184–89
    • design, 124
    • disciplinary, 156f, 125–126
    • at learning companies, 191
    • multidisciplinary, 156f
    • shifts in, xiv
    • “stay in your lane,” 196
    • transdisciplinary, 155–56, 156f
  • Ming, Vivienne, 176–77, 100, 215, 222–223
  • Mistakes, 163, 170
  • MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 110
  • Mochan, Andy, 170
  • Model the way (leadership practice), 153–161
    • being vulnerable, 155–158
    • defined, 153
    • demonstrating curiosity, 159–161
    • introducing yourself and sharing your values, 154–155
    • trusting others, 158–159
  • Moore, Gordon, 5
  • Moore's Law, xv, 5–6
  • Moral leadership, 156–157
  • Moratorium status, 171
  • Motivation, 152, 170–173
  • Muir, William, 150, 151, 175, 176
  • Multidisciplinary mindset, 56f
  • Multigenerational workforce, 109, 111, 216–217, 218f
  • Music programs, in education, 129, 130
  • Musk, Elon, 121
  • Myspace, 50
  • “The Myth and Reality of Manufacturing in America” (Ball State), 138

N

  • Narratives:
    • of children, 68
    • gender as driver of, 73–76
    • limitations set by, 73
    • and occupational identity trap, 71
    • race as driver of, 76–77
  • Narrative identity theory, 72
  • NASA, 8
  • National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 37, 74
  • National Center for Education Statistics, 69
  • National Health Service, 211
  • “Natural Pedagogy as Evolutionary Adaptation” (Gergely and Csibra), 120
  • NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research), 37, 74
  • Negative reinforcers, 184
  • Neogeneralism, 14, 15f
  • Netflix, xv, 51, 187, 201
  • Networks, 210–212, 210f
  • “The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents” (Battilana and Casciaro), 211
  • New media literacy, 127
  • New reality, xxi–xxii, xxif–xxiiif, 172f
  • News media, trust in, 26, 27f
  • “A New Work Mindset” (Foundation for Young Australians), 86
  • New York Times, 9, 12, 98, 135, 136, 192
  • NeXT, 90
  • Nike, 157, 179
  • NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association), 9
  • Nobel Peace Prize, 156
  • No Child Left Behind, 129
  • Noncognitive skills, see Uniquely human capabilities
  • Nonroutine work, xxiii, xxivf, 197, 198
  • Nontechnical skills, see Uniquely human capabilities
  • Noray, Kadeem, 128
  • Norms, xxviii. See also Cultural norms; Social norms
  • North Africa, population age in, 24
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation, 154
  • Not knowing everything, 161–162
  • Novel and adaptive thinking, 124

O

  • Occupational identity, 63, 66, 104
  • Occupational identity trap, 83–95
    • connecting to your purpose to avoid, 85–89
    • cultural/social norms and, 17–19
    • defined, xxviii, 71
    • and job loss as gift, 89–90
    • learning from hard lessons, 91–94
    • and learning to work, 55
    • parable of three stonecutters, 83–84
    • questions that limit identity, 65–70
    • and social norms, 17–19
  • OECD, see Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • O'Keeffe, Kate, 54, 86
  • Old economy:
    • motivating behavior change in, 172f
    • new reality vs., xxi–xxii, xxif–xxiiif
    • S-curve in, 100, 101f
  • Online platforms, 29–30, 36
  • OpenAI, 121
  • Open-mindedness, 208
  • Opinions, valuing others', 164–165
  • Oppositional teams, 213, 214f
  • Optimizer thinking style, 113
  • O'Reilly Auto Parts, 211
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), xxii, xxiii, 23, 74
  • Organization(s):
    • capacity and culture as focus of, 187–190
    • complicated vs. complex, 161–162, 161f
  • Organizational charts, 195–198
  • Organizational structure, 143
  • Osterwalder, Alexander, 225
  • Ottati, V., 102
  • Outsourcing, 41
  • Owen, Jan, 60
  • Owyang, Jeremiah, 167, 190–191

P

  • Palm Pilot, 35
  • Partnerships, in teams, 209
  • Passion, 31
  • Passion and Curiosity Inventory, 88–89
  • PAST Foundation, 70
  • PAST Innovation Lab, 70
  • Patnaik, Dev, 134
  • PayPal, 54, 211
  • PDA (personal digital assistant), 35
  • “Peak Human Potential” (Centre for the New Workforce in Australia), 108
  • Pedagogical learning stance, 119–120
  • People agility, 106
  • Peoplenottech, 163
  • Pepsi-Cola, 89
  • Personal computers, 36
  • Personal digital assistant (PDA), 35
  • Personal identity, 104
    • changes in, xix–xx
    • connecting professional identity and, 18
    • formation of, 71–72
    • intentional exploration of, 77–78
  • Perspective, diversity in, 213
  • Pew Research, 22, 25, 31
  • Pigneur, Yves, 225
  • PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) score, 74
  • Pivots, 48, 168
  • Pivot Score, 57, 58f
  • Pixar, 90
  • Planner thinking style, 113
  • Playful learning, 119
  • Politics, 12, 12f, 31–32
  • Polli, Frida, 201, 204, 219
  • Polman, Paul, 136
  • Positive reinforcers, 184
  • Posner, Barry, 146, 153, 154, 157, 225
  • PostRank Inc., 154
  • Poundstone, Paula, 67
  • Power, of leaders, 147–149
  • “The Power of Believing You Can” (TED Talk), 226
  • “The Power of Vulnerability” (TED Talk), 153, 226
  • Power skills, see Uniquely human capabilities
  • Practice of Management (Drucker), 83
  • Presence, in leadership, 158, 159
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers, 9, 111, 132, 132f
  • Priddis, Michael, 57
  • Problem solving, S-curve for, 99–101
  • Producer thinking style, 113
  • Product development, culture/capacity as basis for, 190
  • Productivity:
    • focusing on star performers to increase, 150–152
    • as focus of leadership, 146–147, 147f
    • metrics for, 175–176
    • technology and, xxv–xxvi, xxvif
  • Product life cycle, 49–51, 49f
  • Professional discipline, groups based on, 210
  • Professional identity:
    • change in personal identity vs., xix–xx
    • connecting personal identity and, 18
    • in old economy vs. new reality, xxii, xxiiif
  • Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) score, 74
  • Project Alexandria, 121
  • Project work teams, 210
  • Promotions, 75
  • Prototype, thinking of yourself as, 86, 87
  • Psychological safety:
    • for adaptive teams, 213–214, 214f
    • and capacity, 189
    • and failure, 215
    • leaders responsibility for, 162–164
  • “Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams” (Edmondson), 163
  • Psychological security, identity and, 31
  • Purdue University, 150
  • Purpose:
    • and agency, 106f
    • connecting to your, 85–89, 95
    • as foundation of culture, 178–182
    • in parable of three stonecutters, 84
  • Purpose-built teams, 209–210
  • Purpose-driven identity, 31, 84
  • Pymetrics, 201, 204, 219

R

  • Race:
    • as driver of narrative, 76–77
    • of members of Congress, 29
  • Racial identity, 20–22, 71
  • Radical candor, 165
  • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (Epstein), 127, 226
  • Rapid learning, xiii
  • Rapid unlearning, xiii–xiv
  • “Ray-Pray-Play” model, 117–119, 118f
  • Rebele, Reb, 107, 152
  • Reflection, 47–48, 72
  • Relationships:
    • in leadership, 146
    • online platforms' effect on, 29–30
  • Religious identity, 22
  • Research-based leadership strategies, 166
  • Research groups, 210
  • Research skills, 131
  • Resilience, 166, 201
  • Resilient identity, 103, 103f
  • Reskilling, 40, 41f
    • at AT&T, 59, 216
    • and augmentation of work, 37, 40, 41f
    • as continuous process, 172
    • defined, 137
    • to develop uniquely human capabilities, 137–139
    • job movement and, 137, 138f
  • Respectful discourse, 164–165
  • Results agility, 106
  • Retirement, xxi–xxii, xxif, 22–24
  • Retraining, xxii
  • Retrenchment, 31
  • Reynolds, Alison, 212–214
  • Rhode Island School of Design, 92
  • Ribbon Communications, 167
  • RIM, 50
  • Rio Tinto, 201
  • Rituals, at organization, 188
  • Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, 218
  • Roach, Mary, 153
  • Robertson, Peter, 213
  • Robinson, Ken, 153
  • Robots, xiii, 4, 37, 39, 221
  • Roi, Richard, 167
  • Romantic partners, meeting, 30, 30f
  • Rometty, Ginni, xxiv, 4, 18, 67
  • Roomba, 191
  • Ross (legal research service), 37
  • Rotational talent, 43, 43f, 199, 200f
  • Routine tasks:
  • RSS Solutions, 154

S

  • Safety, see Psychological safety
  • Sanctioning behavior, 182–184
  • Sandberg, Sheryl, 75
  • San Francisco 49ers, 157
  • Satir, Virginia, 169
  • Satir Change Model, 169
  • Scalable efficiency:
    • and leadership, 147, 147f
    • and learning fast, 97–98
    • and learning to work, 55
    • motivation for, 170–171, 172f
    • and scalable learning, xxviii, 48–52
  • Scalable learning, 48–52
    • culture, capacity, and, 188
    • defined, xxviii, 48
    • flows of information in, 53–54
    • and leadership, 147, 147f
    • motivation for, 171, 172f
  • Schulze, Horst, 218–219
  • Scissors metaphor for decision making, 186–187
  • Sculley, John, 89
  • S-curve of learning, 99–101
  • Sea level rise, 9
  • Second-generation learning organizations, 98–99
  • Second Industrial Revolution, xxv, xxvf
    • atomization of work in, 38
    • defined, 4, 5f
    • productivity metrics in, 176
    • scalable efficiency in, 147
    • skills necessary in, 111, 139f
  • Security, psychological, 31
  • Seek, in Three Ss formula, 160–161
  • Seely Brown, John, 52, 53
  • Seidman, Dov, 47, 156–157
  • Self-awareness, 106–108, 149
  • Self-esteem, xx
  • Senge, Peter, xxvii, 114
  • Sense, in Three Ss formula, 161
  • Sensemaking, 125
  • Sensors, xv, 4, 45
  • Sepah, Cameron, 184
  • Service, culture/capacity as basis for developing, 190
  • Service economy, xxiii, 134, 222–223
  • 70-20-10 rule, 165, 214
  • Shafik, Minouche, 139
  • Shanghai, China, 10
  • Share, in Three Ss formula, 161
  • Shareholder-value era:
    • and human value era, 135–136, 137f
    • leadership in, 146
    • motivation in, 170–171
  • Sharing economy, 183
  • Shaw, George Bernard, 179
  • Sheahan, Peter, 171
  • Shift Thinking, 113
  • Shipman, Claire, 75–76
  • Shum, Harry, 134
  • Sigelman, Matt, 130, 131
  • Silent Generation, 25, 218f
  • Silicon cognition, 6, 117–119
    • biases in, 118–119
    • collaboration with, 137
    • innateness for, 121
  • Silos, occupational, 55
  • Simmons, Rachel, 104
  • Simon, Herbert, 186
  • Sinek, Simon, 85, 153, 178, 179, 184, 226
  • Single-parent families, 25
  • Singularity, 118
  • Singularity University, 118
  • Siri, 6
  • Situational awareness, 108, 159
  • Smartphones. See also iPhone
    • cameras in, 50f
    • computing power of, 5–6
    • outsourcing of memory to, 36
  • Smart technologies, xv
  • Smith, Brad, 134
  • Smith College, 104
  • Social acceptance, major selection for, 68–69
  • Social competencies, 108. See also Uniquely human capabilities
  • Social intelligence, 125
  • Social media, cultures forming on, 29. See also specific platforms
  • Social norms, 17–30
    • and age of population, 23–25
    • and beliefs about truth and trust, 26–27
    • changes in, xiv
    • and family makeup, 25
    • and gender-based power dynamics, 28–29
    • and gender identity, 25–26
    • identity and shifts in, 1
    • and identity formation, 78
    • as identity threat, 103
    • linear vs. exponential change and, 19–20
    • and occupational identity trap, 17–19
    • and online platforms' effect on human relationships, 29–30
    • and racial identity, 20–22
    • and religious identity, 22
  • “The Social Responsibility of a Company Is to Increase Profits” (Friedman), 135
  • Social sciences, 134
  • Social skills, 128–129, 129f
  • Social status, job change and, 78–79
  • Socioeconomic status, 69
  • Socos Lab, 215
  • Soft skills, xxix, 103, 126–127. See also Uniquely human capabilities
  • Solar energy, xv
  • Sonus Networks, 167
  • Sony Walkman, 49, 49f
  • S&P 500, 74
  • sparks & honey, 31, 84
  • Specialization, 14, 15f, 84, 110–111
  • Spill and fill approach, 57–58
  • Standard Oil, 51f, 52
  • Stanford University commencement speech (2005), 89–90
  • Starck, Phillipe, 45
  • Star performers, 150–152, 163, 176
  • Starting wages, in STEM jobs, 128
  • Start with Why (Sinek), 85
  • “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” (Business Roundtable), 135–136
  • State of the American Workplace report (Gallup), 130, 164
  • Status quo, challenging, 153
  • “Stay in your lane” mindset, 196
  • Steam engines, 36
  • Steele, Elisa, 113
  • STEM skills, 128–132, 134
  • Stereotypes, with skill categories, 127
  • Stocks of knowledge, 53–54, 53f, 160
  • Stonecutter parable, 83–84
  • Strength, vulnerability and, 155–156
  • Stress, 165–166
  • Sugar, Ron, 154
  • Superpowers, 87, 87f, 106f
  • Swaab, Roderick I., 151–152
  • Swearer, Randy, 123, 126, 185–186, 188
  • Swinburne University, 108

T

  • Tacit knowledge, 188, 198, 199
  • Talent:
  • “The Talent Challenge” (PricewaterhouseCoopers), 132
  • TalentSmart, 148
  • Target, 187
  • Teaching, 119–120
  • Teams. See also Adaptive teams
    • building, by enabling others to act, 154
    • cultural diversity of, 212
    • Defensive, 213, 214f
    • effective, 162–163
    • functional departments as basis for, 209
    • Generative, 213, 214, 214f
    • high-performing, 108
    • Oppositional, 213, 214f
    • partnerships in, 209
    • project work, 210
    • purpose-built, 209–210
    • star performers on, 151–152
    • Uniform, 213, 214f
  • “Teams Solve Problems Faster When They're More Cognitively Diverse” (Reynolds and Lewis), 212–213
  • Technical skills:
    • and future skills, 122, 123
    • higher education training in, 114
    • skills gap in, 111, 112f
  • Technological climate change, 5–8
    • dimensions impacted by, 12–13, 12f
    • pace of, 44
    • and value of STEM skills, 128
  • Technology:
    • augmentation of work by, 37
    • biases associated with steps in, xiv–xvii
    • changes in work and, 221–222
    • cost of, 42
    • invisible, xx
    • learning with, 186
    • outsourcing of memory to, 35–37
    • and productivity, xxv–xxvi, xxvif
    • and velocity of change, 4
    • visible, xx
    • and work, xiii, xx–xxi
  • Technology companies, change at, 168
  • Technology skills, 130–132, 134
  • TED Talks, most popular, 153
  • Telecommunications, 36
  • Telephones, 44
  • Television industry, 44, 200
  • TellMe Networks, 211
  • “Ten Things You Didn't Know About an Orgasm” (TED Talk), 153
  • Tesla Motors, 191
  • textio.com, 197
  • Thank You for Being Late (Friedman), 5, 225
  • “They,” singular use of, 25
  • Thiel, Peter, 183
  • Third-generation learning organizations, 99
  • Third Industrial Revolution, xxv, xxvf
    • continuous learning in, 215
    • defined, 4, 5f
    • leadership practices, 146, 150
    • learning companies and, 190
    • productivity metrics in, 176
    • scalable efficiency in, 147
    • skills necessary in, 111–112, 133, 139f
  • Three-phase model of change management, 168
  • Three Ss formula, 160–161
  • Three stonecutters, parable of, 83–84
  • Thumbtack, 91
  • Thunberg, Greta, 156
  • Tilburg University, 72
  • Time Magazine's 2019 Person of the Year, 156
  • Time's Up movement, 29
  • Time Warner, 216
  • Timing, of change, 168
  • “The Too-Much-Talent Effect” (Swaab, et al.), 151–152
  • “Tours of Duty” (Hoffman), 54
  • Tours of duty approach:
    • building teams around, 209–210
    • hiring based on, 201
    • increasing capacity with, 172, 173f
    • information flows in, 54
    • talent types in, 43, 43f, 200, 200f
  • Toy Story (film), 90
  • Trading partners, 10
  • Transdisciplinarity, 125–126, 133, 133f
  • Transdisciplinary mindset, 55–56, 56f
  • Transferable skills, 56–57
  • Transformational leadership, 167–170, 178–179
  • Transformational learning, 164
  • Transformational talent, 43, 43f, 199, 200f
  • Transparency, 206, 207
  • Tribes (clan-like networks), 210, 210f, 211
  • Trust:
    • by leaders, 158–159
    • in leadership, 155
    • in media and government, 26–27, 27f
    • organizational culture of, 189
  • Trust, Media and Democracy initiative (Knight Foundation), 26
  • Truth, 26–27, 189
  • T-shaped thinkers, 55, 56f
  • Twitter, xv, 4, 7, 50f
  • “The Two Traits of the Best Problem-Solving Teams” (Reynolds and Lewis), 213–214

U

  • Uber, xiv, 10, 91, 183–184, 191
  • UK (United Kingdom), 27, 130
  • Undergraduate degrees. See also Higher education
    • of leaders and management personnel, 134
    • transdisciplinarity with, 133, 133f
    • value and cost of, 69
  • Uniform teams, 213, 214f
  • Unilever, 136
  • Union of Concerned Scientists, 9
  • Uniquely human capabilities, 117–141
    • and atomization of work, 41–45
    • and augmentation of work, 41–45
    • and automation of work, 41–45
    • collaboration and managing friction, 127–128
    • continuous learning and creativity, 119–122
    • creativity, 221–222
    • current demand for, 132
    • defined, xxix
    • developing, 63
    • empathy, 134–135
    • financial return on developing, 133–134
    • as future skills, 122–127
    • in Iceberg Model, 103, 103f
    • and “Ray-Pray-Play” model, 117–119
    • and STEM skills, 128–132
    • upskilling and reskilling to develop, 137–139
    • and workers' value to corporations, 135–137
  • United Kingdom (UK), 27, 130
  • United Nations, 9, 156
  • United States:
    • aging population in, 22–24
    • loneliness in, 26
    • STEM education in, 129–130
  • US Air Force, 166
  • US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 66, 89, 216–217
  • US Census Bureau, 24
  • US Department of Labor, 23
  • US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), 9
  • University of California, Berkeley, 147
  • University of California, San Francisco, 184
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, 76
  • University of Houston, 155
  • University of Southern California, 124
  • University of Washington, 121
  • Unlearning, xiii–xiv, 102, 105
  • Unreasonable Group, 108f–181f, 179–183, 206–207, 215
  • Upskilling:
    • after augmentation of work, 37, 40, 41f
    • at AT&T, 59
    • building uniquely human capabilities by, 44, 137–139
    • as continuous process, 172
    • defined, 137
    • in job clusters, 60
    • job movement and, 137, 138f
  • UpWork, 91
  • US Steel, 51f, 52
  • Utopian perspective, on silicon cognition, 117–119

V

  • Values:
    • firing based on, 182–183
    • hiring based on, 207
    • identifying, in job postings, 202–203
    • of leaders, 154–155, 184
    • and organizational culture, 178–182, 191
  • Value creation:
    • hiring and organizing teams for, 196–197, 197f
    • at learning companies, 191, 192f
    • and motivation for behavior change, 171, 172f
    • S-curve for, 99–101, 100f
    • by workers, 84
  • Value extraction, as focus of leadership, 146–147
  • Value Proposition Design (Osterwalder, et al.), 225
  • Velocity of change:
    • adaptability with rapid change, xxvi–xxvii
    • adaptation and, 13–14, 14f
    • current, 3–5, 20
    • focus of organization and, 187–190
    • learning fast to meet, 97–98
    • pausing for reflection, 48
    • presence in leadership and, 158, 159
    • unlearning and, 102
  • Vice News, 44–45
  • Virtual collaboration, 127
  • Visa, 3–4
  • Visible technology, xx
  • Vision, 83–84, 153, 179
  • VMware, xv
  • VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, or ambiguous) work:
    • adaptive teams for, 213, 214
    • communication in, 217
    • emotional intelligence for, 149
  • Vulnerability, xiv
    • and identity threats, 78
    • for leaders, 143
    • modeling, 155–158
    • and psychological safety, 162
    • as requirement for learning, 91–94, 104
    • and trust, 158
  • VU University Amsterdam, 151

W

  • Walmart, 187
  • Walsh, David, 102, 167–168, 171
  • Washington State University, 76
  • Watson (computer), xv, 44
  • Waze, 39, 159, 160
  • Well-being, emotional, 66, 78
  • Wellness, 135, 165–167
  • “What do you do?” question, 18, 19f, 31, 65–67
  • “What do you want to be when you grow up?” question, 18, 19f, 65, 67–68
  • “What is your major?” question, 18, 19f, 65, 68–70
  • “What Kind of Thinker Are You?” (Boncheck and Steele), 113
  • What question:
    • answering, for yourself, 87–89, 95
    • in Golden Circle, 85
    • and purpose, 87f
  • Whatsapp, 10, 11f
  • What Works Wellbeing Centre, 78
  • “When Does Cognitive Functioning Peak?” (Hartshorne and Germine), 110
  • “When Self-Perceptions of Expertise Increase Closed-Minded Cognition” (Ottati, V.), 102
  • White individuals:
    • deaths of despair for, 29
    • intentional exploration of identity by, 77–78
    • as members of majority race, 20–21
  • “Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe” (TED Talk), 226
  • Why question:
    • at Amazon, 85–86
    • answering, for yourself, 87–89, 87f, 95
    • building culture around, 179
    • in Golden Circle, 85
  • Williams, Tunji, 44–45
  • Willis Towers Watson, 58, 215
  • Wilson, Jim, 159
  • Wired (magazine), 121
  • Wired to Care (Patnaik), 134
  • Women:
    • competence of men vs., 74
    • confidence gap for, 74–77
    • educational attainment for, 27–28, 28f
    • in government, 28–29, 75
    • leadership positions for, 28–29, 28f
    • promotions for men vs., 75
    • soft skills for, 127
    • workforce representation for, 28, 28f
  • Work:
    • atomization of, 38–45, 38f
    • augmentation of, 35–46, 38f
    • automation of, 38–39, 38f, 41–45
    • climate changes and, 12f, 13–14
    • education-to-work pipeline, 111–114
    • gig, 183
    • higher education as preparation for, 112, 114
    • how work is done, 43
    • impact of digital economy on, 11
    • impact of environmental climate change on, 9–10
    • impact of technological change on, 6–8
    • knowledge, 163
    • learning in order to, 54–56
    • nonroutine, xxiii, xxivf, 197, 198
    • as part of identity, 18. See also Occupational identity trap
    • reimagining of, xx–xxi
    • technology and, xiii, xx–xxi, 221–222
    • VUCA, 149, 213, 214, 217
  • Workforce analytics, 48
  • Workforce representation, gender equality in, 28, 28f, 74
  • Workplace benefits, culture vs., 178
  • Workplace thinking style, 113
  • World Bank, 9
  • World Economic Forum, xxiv, xxv, 9, 23, 108, 122, 123f, 124
  • World Health Organization, 165
  • World War II, 112
  • World Wide Web, 37. See also Internet
  • W.P. Carey School of Business, xxvii
  • Wright, Orville and Wilbur, 179
  • Written language, 36
  • Wurtele Center for Work and Life, 104

X

  • Xandar, 216
  • XQ: Super Schools initiative, 69–70
  • X-shaped thinking, 55, 56f

Y

  • Yeh, Chris, 200
  • “Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are” (TED Talk), 153
  • Yousafzai, Malala, 156
  • YouTube, 10, 11f
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