Leadership in a
digital world
James Gadsby Peet
@gadsby
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Leaders:
1. Make decisions
2. Develop cultures
3. Help people grow
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Digital = Communication
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Communication = evolution
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@gadsby https://medium.com/wardleymaps
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The history of the internet
is ahead of us.
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What people want is the same.
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Digital change
= organisational change
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Digital change
= organisational change
= people
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We are all humans trying
to do good things
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People aren’t dicks
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1. Bring diverse groups of
people together to
solve problems
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“Integration involves
invention, the finding of
the third way. Never let
yourself be bullied by
an either-or.
Find a third way.”
Mary Parker Follett, 1933
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UNDERSTANDING
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EMPATHY
UNDERSTANDING
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EMPATHY
RESPECT
UNDERSTANDING
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EMPATHY
RESPECT
TRUST
UNDERSTANDING
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“Culture is what
it’s ok to assume”
Edgar H Schein
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ADMIT MISTAKES
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TAKE ON NEW ROLES
& CHALLENGES
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HARNESS NEW,
DIVERSE IDEAS
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CHALLENGE THE
STATUS QUO
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2. Make remote
working work
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3. Avoid icebergs
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@gadsby https://corporate-rebels.com/iceberg-of-ignorance/
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EMPATHY
RESPECT
TRUST
UNDERSTANDING
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4. Get rid of HIPPOS
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EMPATHY
RESPECT
TRUST
UNDERSTANDING
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“I use social media
as an internal
communication
tool.”
@ClareMoriarty
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5. Run people centred
kick-off sessions
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9:30–9:45
9:45–10:45
11:00–12:00
12:15–13:00
LUNCH
Check-in
Strengths Finder analysis
Retrospective
Network mapping & Decision
making styles
User Insights speed dating
PEOPLE CENTRED KICK-OFF SESSION
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“So we just want
to reward people
who are good at
self promotion?”
John Ronayne
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6. Help people slow down
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7. Build strategies that
make things happen
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@gadsby www.martinweigel.org
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“If it’s daunting,
then people
won’t do it”
Helen Butterfield
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Now Next Future
ROADMAPS
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1. Break things into smaller pieces
2. Work together
HOW TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
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8. Help people learn
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1. Reflect with peers
2. Learn by doing
3. Train others
HOW TO ACTUALLY LEARN THINGS
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Leaders:
1. Make decisions
2. Develop cultures
3. Help people grow
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Leadership in a
digital world
James Gadsby Peet
@gadsby