As we move from the dimension of managing simple organizations to complex systems, there is a need for well trained leaders: One that can envision a future beyond today's idiosyncrasies. Tomorrow belongs to people who are courageous enough to move to the unknown. Just as people in the agrarian times used their tools to explore their environment, today's leaders must use their vision to explore the unknown.
There are always going to be three types of people in the world:
- Those who are totally clueless of what is happening
- Those who catch the happenings after the fact
- And those who are leading the happenings
Which one do you want to be? To fall in the 3rd category takes acquisition of knowledge of the modern world: An attitude that never ceases to learn. I will like to step this up by saying we are entering a time where knowledge by itself is irrelevant but networked knowledge is gaining power. Not only is it important for you to know, one must also know how to communicate that knowledge in other facets of the organization thereby making it relevant.
