Look toward the future with Jacob Morgan. Learn the mindset and skills that business leaders can acquire when they look toward the future.

A look toward the future of work and leadership drove Jacob to pursue a career as a certified futurist. There are so many lessons to learn from this, and glimpsing into the future will work wonders for your business without you realizing it. 

Jacob Morgan is a four-time bestselling author, keynote speaker, and trained futurist who explores leadership, employee experience, and the future of work. He is the founder of FutureofWorkUniversity.com, an online education, and training platform that helps future-proof individuals and organizations by teaching them the skills they need to succeed in the future of work. He is also the host of the weekly podcast The Future of Work, where he talks with top-level executives and bestselling authors about everything related to the future of work.

What you will learn in this episode of look toward the future:

• How Jacob’s career journey started with him being a “terrible student”, and why a negative experience with a former boss pushed Jacob into his entrepreneurial journey
• How Jacob is eager to look toward the future of work and leadership then develop a career around it
• Why the six key concepts for the future are AI & technology; the pace of change; the new talent landscape; purpose & meaning; morality, ethics & transparency; and globalization
• Jacob explains these six concepts and shares why each doesn’t stand alone but serve as an interconnected system
• How the average lifespan of a company on the S&P 500 has gone from 60 years in the 1950s to 20 years in 1990 and is expected to drop to just 14 years in 2026
• How the framework of “job, purpose, impact and meaning” offers a guide to achieving your goals and maximizing results as a leader
• Why leaders shouldn’t fear people disagreeing with them but should be more concerned about whether people understand what they stand for in the first place
• What Jacob has determined to be the four mindsets and five skills that business leaders need to master to operate in the future
• How there are two types of challenges for organizations, and how Jacob’s Notable Nine skills can help you overcome both types of challenges
• Jacob shares some surprising research results highlighting aspects of the relationship between employees and their leaders
• Look toward the future and envision what your business is going to be by then

Resources:

• Get your copy of The Future Leader at https://amzn.to/3bkLhdq
• Notable Nine PDF article from Jacob: www.theleadershipdigest.com
• Leadership assessment: www.futureleadersurvey.com
• Leadership course: www.futureleadercourse.com
• Website: https://thefutureorganization.com/
• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmorgan8/
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/FuturistJacob
• Twitter: @jacobm
• Look toward the future by employing these 14 principles to your organization

Additional Resources:

• Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
• Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
• Stephen Woessner’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
• Look toward the future of work by listening to this podcast with Mike Glauser