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This entry is part of 3 in the series Leadership 4.0
Industry 4.0 is about agility. Leadership 4.0 will require that same mindset.



I have come to the conclusion that Industry 4.0 is a reflection of the Agile model of software development. I can’t prove it. But so much of industry 4.0 is built on the Agile methodology that my gut tells me it permeates the organizations. In addition, over and over again in the literature of Industry 4.0, the term Agile pops up. As a side note, I also believe it to be a reflection of Chaos Theory and Complex Adaptive Systems, but that’s a whole other set of podcasts!



So let’s begin our look at Leadership 4.0 with a another primer. A primer on the methodology called Agile!

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This week, we look at the HBR article How to Keep Working When You’re Just Not Feeling It, by Ayelet Fishbach, the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
The author looks at 4 strategies to help motivate you when you just don’t feel like doing anything.
Also, don’t forget our first giveaway – a copy of James Clear’s new book Atomic Habits. To enter, go to http://wdavidphillips.com/giveaway to register.

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In this edition of the enNovo Radio podcast, I look at the research by Roger Martin, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute which is found in the 2019 Jan/Feb edition of Harvard Business Review. The article is entitled, The High Price of Efficiency.



I highlight the Pareto Distribution as well as the normal distribution pattern, and talk about how the efficiency of Deming, et. al. in business, has potentially created the top 1%.



I think his research is real and applicable. However, I’m not sure I agree with his conclusions.



Here’s the article: https://hbr.org/2019/01/rethinking-efficiency#the-high-price-of-efficiencyh

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There is a really good article in January-February 2019 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled: SurveyMonkey’s CEO on Creating a Culture of Curiosity. In the, the CEO of SurveyMonkey, Zander Lurie, describes the work done within SurveyMonkey to create a culture of curiosity.



In this edition of enNovo Radio, we look at the article, and I talk about the behaviors of curiosity and the actions the company took to help create a culture of curiosity.

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On this edition of enNovo Radio, we look at contextual leadership. Contextual leadership, an idea developed by Nitin Nohria and Tony Mayo, shifts the focus from the individual characteristics of leaders to the relationship between leaders and the context in which they lead. Contextual leaders are able to change their style to adapt to the culture and context of the organizations they lead.

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The last few weeks of the year offer a time to examine the events of the previous year and begin planning for the next. In this episode of enNovo Radio, David Phillips looks at 5 areas to examine from the past year to help you prepare for the coming year. These include:

How you spend your time
What and when you do things
How you are going to undertake personal development
The types of relationships you are going to pursue
The types of personal systems and processes you need to implement

Resources that he suggested include:
168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

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We live in a faster, more innovative, quicker-to-judge, and less predictable world than ever before. Providing employees and stakeholders with a consistent leadership style results in a level of comfort and certainty. Team members know what they’re walking into every single day rather than tiptoeing into the office, wondering if the boss is going to be in a happy-go-lucky mood or if they need to be bracing to survive an apocalypse. They can focus on their job.

https://insiders.fortune.com/for-better-or-worse-a-consistent-leadership-style-is-key-to-success-25e71fcea78d

 

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Tom Peters talks about Management by Walking Around (MBWA). In this episode of enNovo Radio, we talk about Leadership by Walking Around (LBWA) and 5 practices you can engage in while doing this that will make you a better leader.

Availability
Present
Listening
Asking and Sharing
Serving

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Corporate Culture is a buzzword in business and non-profit circles these days. In this episode of enNovo Radio, we look at corporate culture, define it, and give examples of what a winning and losing culture look like. We also discuss how to evaluate corporate culture, and how hiring is impacted by that culture.