Dr. Sunnie Giles

In today's complex business environment, where things are changing constantly, speed of ex*****on is a lot more important than perfect ex*****on. bit.ly/sunniegiles

Harness negative complexity outside your organization to increase internal complexity inside and help catalyze radical innovation. bit.ly/sunniegiles

The rapidly changing business environment requires a whole new paradigm for successful strategy and leadership skills. bit.ly/sunniegiles

When unpredictable events happen outside organizational boundaries, it creates great volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity ( ), which makes decision-making more difficult. requires a whole different set of leadership skills. bit.ly/sunniegiles

Today, the business environment changes so rapidly that it is described as —volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In this VUCA environment, those who don’t learn and change as fast as the environment are bound to face extinction. The basis of competition has changed from efficiency to learning and innovation.

My recent article for —New Mandate for Leadership: How to Embed Humanity in VUCA: https://www.workhuman.com/workhuman/mandate-leadership-humanity/

A Big Turnaround in Management Thinking: New Leadership Competencies for , featuring Global Peter Drucker Forum & ⁦‪‬⁩, via Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sunniegiles/2019/01/01/a-big-turnaround-in-management-thinking-new-leadership-competencies-for-vuca

You can’t solve (or even perceive) new problems using old frames. A big part of VUCA is about solving new problems. Hence, an important leadership competency is to help yourself and your people throw away old, limiting perspectives and asking questions that open possibilities in all directions, even ones that don’t make sense to us.

My latest article for Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sunniegiles/2019/01/13/your-questions-are-part-of-the-answer-kickstart-innovation-with-your-questions/

Your Questions Are Part Of The Answer: How To Ask Questions That Catalyze Innovation When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. The questions you ask shape the direction for people to explore for answers, hence become part of the answer. In the brave new world of VUCA, good questions can shape the direction of the answers necessary for innovation.

"Whether you are a C-level executive seeking to build an innovative organization or a first line manager seeking to build an innovative team, this book will give you the insights, strategies, and behaviors to redefine the rules of the game.” —Sean Covey

Read more reviews and get your copy here: bit.ly/sunniegiles

New Mandate for Leadership: How to Embed Humanity in VUCA. My recent interview with : https://resources.globoforce.com/globoforce-blog/how-to-embed-humanity-in-vuca

New Mandate for Leadership: How to Embed Humanity in VUCA According to author and WorkHuman speaker Dr. Sunnie Giles, the new desired leadership trait is not charisma or deep technical expertise. It’s about providing safety, connection, and growth at work.

"Sunnie provides a unique perspective of innovation...Her suggestions for leaders to improve their support of innovation are very actionable and the reason I bought two copies." —Michael Arnold, reviewing my book.

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