The Global Leadership Seminar is back with its second seminar on "Full Spectrum Thinking" with noted futurist Bob Johansen of The Institute for the Future. In this video, Bob explains how Full-Spectrum Thinking provides leaders with the ability to seek clarity across gradients of possibility—while resisting the temptations of certainty. For example, medical doctors used to label people as “autistic.” Now, they say people are on the spectrum of autism disorders. Full-spectrum thinking offers an alternative to sloppy categorical thinking that is so common today. It unlocks clarity while challenging certainty. Bob Johansen is a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley. For more than 30 years, Bob has helped organizations around the world prepare for and shape the future, including corporations such as Nestle and GlaxoSmithKline, as well as major universities and nonprofits. He holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois, which he attended on a basketball scholarship, and a PhD from Northwestern University—as well as a master’s degree that focused on world religions. The seminar was moderated by Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan of IIM Bangalore. Prof. Srinivasan is a Professor in the Organizational Behaviour and HRM at IIMB. Her work over the last decade in the field of leadership development has focussed on building future-ready competencies. Charles Assissi, veteran journalist, and co-founder of Founding Fuel, also joined to share his perspectives on Full Spectrum Thinking. Please note: The seminar was organized by iSPIRT Foundation in association with NSRCEL of IIM Bangalore. This seminar series aims to bring the best of management wisdom to Indian companies and startups. Watch the entire recording of the session published on iSPIRT Foundation's official Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydesUdu2CkA For more information, please write to community@ispirt.in

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Bob Johansen, PhD
Institute for the Future
Palo Alto, CA
FULL-SPECTRUM THINKING
for
iSPIRT Global Leadership Seminar
Second Edition
January 12, 2020

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Ten Skills Five Literacies One Mindset
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR LEADERS TO THRIVE IN THE NEXT DECADE?

3. A TALENT PROFILE FOR THE FUTURE:
Ten Future Leadership Skills
Immersive
Learning Ability
Rapid
Prototyping
Commons
Creating
Constructive
Depolarization
Dilemma
Flipping
Clarity
Maker Instinct
Smart Mob
Organizing
Bio-Empathy
Quiet Transparency

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LOOKING BACK
FROM THE
FUTURE,
BUT ACTING NOW
VOLUNTARY
FEAR
ENGAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP FOR
SHAPE-SHIFTING
ORGANIZATIOINS
CREATING and SUSTAINING
POSITIVE ENERGY
BEING THERE
WHEN YOU’RE
NOT THERE
A TALENT PROFILE FOR THE FUTURE:
Five Future Leadership Literacies

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The ability to make sense out of the
future across gradients of possibility—
while resisting the temptations of
certainty, mindless categorization,
and thoughtless labelling
Our brains want certainty, but the future
will require clarity
Categories coerce…
Resist the binary…

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Many are certain, but few are clear…

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The future will reward full-spectrum thinking,
but punish categorical thinking

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traditional binary computing big-data analytics, visualization, machine learning,
blockchain, gameful engagement, etc.
YESTERDAY’S TOOLS
FOR CATEGORIZING
TOMORROW’S TOOLS FOR
FULL-SPECTRUM THINKING

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INSIGHT
“aha” that creates a
new story in your brain
that you can’t un-see
FORESIGHT
Future-back
stories—with signals
to bring them to life
ACTION
An agile way forward,
expressed with clarity
and as a story

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NOW…FUTURE…NEXT
Future-Back
Horizon 1…Horizon 3…Horizon 2
NOW…NEXT…FUTURE
Present-Forward
Horizon 1…Horizon 2…Horizon 3
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AN EXAMPLE OF FUTURE-BACK THINKING IN BUSINESS

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INSIGHT
“Organization Charts”
and “jobs” will need to
be more fluid and
adaptable
FORESIGHT
Future organizations
will be more shape-
shifting, less
command-and-control
ACTION
Be very clear about direction,
but very flexible
about execution
AN EXAMPLE OF
FULL-SPECTRUM THINKING
APPLIED TO THE FUTURE
OF ORGANIZATIONS…

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• NO CENTER - more distributed authority and governance, less centralized
• HIERARCHIES COME AND GO - liquid hierarchy, liquid data, liquid organizations
• GROW FROM THE EDGES - where diversity flourishes—unfiltered spectrum diversity
• CANNOT BE CONTROLLED - but can be guided directionally
FULL-SPECTRUM THINKING
APPLIED TO ORGANIZATIONS

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CISCO ONVR
AN ANIMATED ORG CHART PROTOTYPE

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Humans assisting machines Machines assisting humans Machines working alone
“SUPERMINDS”
Humans assisting humans
Humans and small tools
Machines assisting teams of humans
Machines assisting machines
H
R
I
T
For example, Mr. Spock in Star
Trek?

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PAUSE
for conversation

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