The New Leadership Literacies: Thriving in a Future of Extreme Disruption and Distributed Everything

“Bob Johansen is the Rick Steves of travel to the future. He stimulates leapfrog thinking and provides a compass for scenario planning. The Salvation Army has been inspired by Bob's perspectives to help us find new ways to deliver our message of hope.” —Bill Burke, Chair, National Advisory Board, The Salvation Army“Cigna has emphasized Bob Johansen's ten leadership skills from Leaders Make the Future as part of leadership development to date, and now The New Leadership Literacies will be a cornerstone of preparing and engaging Cigna's leaders for disruption and dynamism.”—Karen Kocher, Chief Learning Officer, Cigna“Electronic Arts' insider game cheats for leveling up leaders for the future: (1) sidestep the beast called ‘Today,' and go through the door marked ‘Future'; (2) shake hands with wizard Bob Johansen, who will grant you new leadership literacies; (3) share these protective literacies with members of your leadership clan; and (4) move together to slay the disruptive boss dragon that goes by the name VUCA.”—Andy Billings, Vice President, Profitable Creativity, and founder of LEAP (Learning, Engagement, and Performance), Electronic Arts“Bob Johansen's work is a must-read for leaders preparing for a future of extreme disruption and evolving organizational models. Even more, The New Leadership Literacies will immediately become a core component of the leadership curriculum at United Rentals.”—Craig A. Pintoff, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer, United Rentals, Inc. “ITSMF is the largest development network for African American IT leaders. Diverse leadership will invite experimentation, organizational innovation, and growth. Bob Johansen gives us what we need to develop and nurture the next generation of diverse leaders.” —Robert D. Scott, Vice President and Dean, Global Institute for Leadership Development, Information Technology Senior Management Forum, and Director of Diversity Initiatives, University of Michigan College of Engineering“Bob Johansen's masterpiece is chock-full of wisdom, lovely stories, and uncommon common sense about how to survive and thrive the massive changes that will unfold during the next decade. His rare ability to think about the future in different and remarkably useful ways is evident in every chapter.” —Robert Sutton, Stanford Professor and co-author of the bestselling Scaling Up Excellence “Bob Johansen continues to provide a different perspective and greater awareness of the disruptions that are shaping organizations and placing new demands on our leaders. Always thought provoking, Bob makes us stop and consider whether we are doing enough to develop leaders to stay in tune with the ways business and the world around us are changing. He offers us an insightful reference point to evaluate the practices and approaches we use to develop leaders who will thrive in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.”—Laura Mattimore, Vice President, Global Talent, Procter & Gamble“With The New Leadership Literacies, Bob continues to offer new ways of equipping leaders to think about and shape a daunting future with commonplace disruptions. More than being competent in traditional military skills, Army War College graduates must be fluent in the leadership literacies that Bob has discerned for a globally connected and distributed security environment.”—Charles D. Allen, Professor of Leadership, United States Army War College“Nurses are pivotal in care delivery and amid this rapidly changing health-care landscape, nurses are experiencing the full force of the VUCA world. To ensure patient safety, nurses must lead from wherever they are—be it the bedside or the boardroom. Thanks, Bob, for once again providing insights and critical perspectives for me to incorporate in my practice and to share across the profession!”—Launette Woolforde, Vice President, Nursing Education and Professional Development, Northwell Health“Like other literacies, The New Leadership Literacies can be taught, and the earlier, the better. Once again, Bob Johansen is our master teacher, opening doors to the new world of uncertainty and distributed expertise. He also reveals how its leaders will be adept at going inward and leading from a keener understanding of themselves and their relationships.”—Milton Chen, Senior Fellow, George Lucas Educational Foundation“In just the first few pages, my pulse quickened. For leaders of the future everywhere, this is a vitally important book to prepare us all for a world where all can thrive.”—Chris Ernst, Global Head, Leadership and Organization Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and coauthor of Boundary Span —