The New Wave of Business

By: Dr. Bill Anton

I believe that the vast majority of companies in the twenty-first century will be in the knowledge creation business. Many will be technology or stealth-technology companies or AI companies. Unlike widget manufacturers in the industrial age, knowledge-creating companies require something qualitatively different from their top leaders and their workforce.

This will require the ability to unlock individual creative potential in the individual and the organization.
The less the leader knows themself, the more likely it is that a rigid context will suck the creative air out of the organization and generate a stagnant culture that can produce but not create. As you might guess, the cost-benefit analysis of this context, in terms of human lives (including top leaders), is likely to result in less than optimal results.