Futurism and the Big Shift: How Collaboration Nurtures Opportunity Own Your Zone Podcast

John Hagel is a Management Consultant, Trusted Advisor, and Inspirational Speaker at Beyond Our Edge, LLC, which motivates institutions and individuals to collaborate, overcome obstacles, and address emerging opportunities. As a Silicon Valley veteran, he was the Founder and Leader of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge, where he identified new business opportunities. John is the author of The Journey Beyond Fear, which addresses the psychology of change. As an entrepreneur, speaker, and author, he has written several additional books and been featured in prominent business publications, including The Economist, Fortune, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal.
In this episode… The rise of global economic, digital, and business transformations has intensified competition and initiated opportunities for growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship. But these rapid developments have also led to increased fear, as people become overwhelmed by seemingly unlimited possibilities during disruption. How can you embrace these changes to address the future rather than evade it?
Passionate futurist John Hagel recognizes that global shifts require continuous innovation, strategizing, and collaboration to capitalize on abundant business opportunities and develop creative solutions to unprecedented challenges. Exchanging ideas in small groups mitigates competition and industry silos by forming trusted relationships and encouraging one another to refine outcomes. To facilitate these groups, John recommends assembling communities of diverse people from various companies to foster entrepreneurial innovation.
In this episode of Own Your Zone Podcast, JiNan Glasgow George invites John Hagel, Management Consultant, Trusted Advisor, and Motivational Speaker at Beyond Our Edge, LLC, to speak about cultivating innovative opportunities for the future. John talks about futurism, the Big Shift, digitization, and the future of work.