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Articles from the field
Artificial intelligence is going to keep learning leaders very busy
By Randall P. White Image: AI, Adobe StockThe robots are coming in 60 months. Yes, I always expect bold insights like this from advanced students of leadership at the TRIUM alumni gatherings. In Cartagena last summer, a very prominent tech executive shared with the...
What does AI mean for consulting psychology?
By Randy White I was excitedly writing to my consulting psychology listserv about a panel I had been on and the question that was posed by a senior executive chief technology officer concerning artificial intelligence and leadership.My question on the listserv was...
Whitewater rafting and the frothy uncertainty of leadership
Dr. Matt Mulford and Dr. Randall P. White recently sat down with their friends at TRIUM Global Executive MBA in a conversation about the future of leadership. This video is one short segment from the hour-long session. Here, Matt brought up Randy's first book on...
When your leadership is continual learning, self-assessed failure fades on a continuum of improvement
Reframing work as a continuum of learning experiences and refinement can mitigate a self-assessed sense of failure. Andy Lopata offers teachable examples of how to stop making failure a binary, often self-assessed, judgment. Roberto Forzoni, a performance psychologist...
How to be a more predictable leader in an uncertain world By Randall P. White
Why predictable? I've studied, observed, and written much about ambiguity and uncertainty. In my book, Relax, It’s Only Uncertainty, I frame uncertainty as an opportunity for new ideas, bold action, and innovation. People who manage uncertainty with less anxiety and...
Always be learning – a snippet from Randy’s interview with Noi Ha Nguyen
"Always be closing" was the abusive boss's admonition from David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross." But to be strategic, agile, and competitive, why can't we revise that to "always be LEARNING"? Here's a short clip from my conversation with...
The adult in the room has left the building as Sandberg leans out
As a leadership advocate, I think Lean In – the book, the buzzword, and the movement – has some merit. Yet, at the same time, its critics – women who challenge its premise as not being equitable to all women – also have sound points. I’ll reserve judgment on the book...
How do we develop leaders for the workplace when the workplace has disappeared?
We’ve officially moved our residence to Miami. As I look around the unpacked boxes, waiting for the decorator, I look out the windows on Biscayne Bay and the high-rise cranes around the Miami metroplex, I have two thoughts. First, I’m lucky being here for the weather,...
Ambiguity natives – are we thinking of the best ways to tap the new leadership potential?
They know all about ambiguity and uncertainty. My colleague Dr. Jeremy Ghez wrote, “Don’t bore them with talk about VUCA. They’ve lived in a VUCA world where change is constant and fast.”Gen Z’s entire world experience has been nothing but volatility, uncertainty,...
Pop quiz: What do science, democracy and uncertainty all have in common?
Pop quiz: What do science, democracy and uncertainty all have in common?