Episode 968: Looking toward the future, with Jacob Morgan
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 from this episode:
- How Jacob\u2019s career journey started with him being a \u201cterrible student\u201d, and why a negative experience with a former boss pushed Jacob into his entrepreneurial journey
- How Jacob\u2019s passion for the future and for leadership became a new career, and how he got certified as a futurist
- 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\u2019t 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 \u201cjob, purpose, impact and meaning\u201d offers a guide to achieving your goals and maximizing results as a leader
- Why leaders shouldn\u2019t 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\u2019s 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
Resources:
- Jacob\u2019s newest book, The Future Leader, came out earlier this year. It is based on interviews he had with over 140 CEOs around the world, including those from Unilever, Best Buy, Oracle, Dominos, Carnival Cruise Lines, Verizon, and many others. He also partnered with LinkedIn to survey around 14,000 employees. You can get your copy at\xa0https://amzn.to/3bkLhdq
- Notable Nine PDF article from Jacob:\xa0www.theleadershipdigest.com
- Leadership assessment:\xa0www.futureleadersurvey.com
- Leadership course:\xa0www.futureleadercourse.com
- Website:\xa0https://thefutureorganization.com/
- Email:\xa0jacob@thefutureorganization.com
- LinkedIn:\xa0www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmorgan8/
- Facebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/FuturistJacob
- Twitter:\xa0@jacobm
Additional Resources:
- Sell With Authority\xa0by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner:\xa0https://amzn.to/39y7x13
- Predictive ROI Free Resource Library:\xa0https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
- Stephen Woessner\u2019s LinkedIn:\xa0www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/