Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges into New Value Frontiers

Future First is a practical guide for business leaders looking to find new value in global challenges,using real-life examples and interviews with leaders from companies such as Nike,Unilever,Etsy,Revolution Foods,Method Products,and others. It argues that successful partnerships and alliances can reshape global ecosystems and remake the future of our world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 118 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2018
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Future First is a comprehensive guide for business leaders seeking to build, expand, or reinvent their companies by harnessing new value from global challenges. Traditional companies often perceive issues such as income inequality, global warming, and resource scarcity as problems, whereas future-first leaders view them as opportunities for innovation. This book provides real-life business examples from companies like Nike, Opower, Unilever, Etsy, Revolution Foods, and Method Products, showcasing how they have adopted a future-first leadership mindset and developed the necessary business capabilities to achieve lasting and integrated performance results.

Future First delves into how leaders from these companies have embraced innovation and people practices, driving transformative changes within their business ecosystems. Alice Mann, an organizational psychologist with twenty years of experience consulting and coaching on executive leadership, organization design, and business transformation, conducted extensive interviews with scores of business leaders to understand how their companies are expanding into new value frontiers.

Future First makes a compelling case that successful partnerships and alliances between large global companies and small mission-driven ones can reshape the global ecosystems of apparel, food, automobiles, and energy, ultimately shaping the future of our world. This book offers valuable insights and practical strategies for business leaders looking to navigate the complexities of a rapidly changing global landscape and create a positive impact on society and the environment.

Weight: 212g
Dimension: 233 x 160 x 8 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781783537631