This document discusses the skills needed to deal with complex systems and increased volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. It suggests that leaders need a systemic worldview and the ability to design antifragile organizations. To develop such leaders, schools may need to teach skills for understanding complex systems and different perspectives. The document also questions how to accelerate the adoption of more antifragile business models and find leaders who can create more agile organizational models.

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hoofd
hart
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EFFECT

6. Alleen
Elvis
blij,
bestaan

9. Stage
Determines
Capabilities

10. “If the Whole is not in good
shape, a Part of it can’t be
healthy,”
Plato

12. “If design and/or
structure determine
behaviour … what kind of
knowledge, awareness
and skills are necessary
for entrepreneurs,
directors, managers, … to
be able to design and lead
companies fit for the
future ?”

15. “What kind of skills do we
need to develop and
nurture in our society
(starting @ schools) to be
able to deal with the
patterns of a complex
world?

16. Start Looking with
Systemic Goggles
from different
perspectives?

17. 1
–
Just
do
what
you’re
hired
for
2
–
I
“care”
if
you
do
what
I
want
3
–
I
coach
as
long
as
you
follow
me
4
–
Interdependent,
co-­‐create,
…

18. “It’s
not
the
parts
of
a
living
system
that
make
it
strong,
resilient,
agile,
…
but
the
choreography
between
the
parts.”

19. “Too much leaders are
still building silo-based
companies because they
still believe in a
mechanistic or
disconnected worldview.
What is needed to
nurture a systemic or
connected worldview?”

20. VOLATILITY
Increasing rate
of change
V
UNCERTAINTY
Unclear about
present situation
and future
outcomes and no
recurring pattern
in changes
COMPLEXITY
Multiplicity of key
decision factors
and unclear link
between cause
and effect
AMBIGUITY
Lack of clarity
about the
meaning of an
event linked to
multiple
perspectives
U C A

22. Fragile Robust Antifragile

24. “How can we speed up
the adoption of more
antifragile business
models and/or org
operating models?”

25. The
last
of
a
managent
generaCon
?

27. “The culture of a
company is determined
by the awareness and
behaviour of its leaders.
If we need more agile org
operating models, we’ll
need a different breed of
leaders … how can you
find them?”

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