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Reinvent Future

 Organizational leaders should be able to envision and determine what the future needs to look like, what the transformation must look like.

Every person is different; every organization is different. Understanding that digital business development is multifaceted, dynamic planning and proactive preparation are crucial steps in building the digital premium into the very foundation of their companies. 

Create a plan to define your objectives, specific steps, and timeline. Research the typical path for your target profession if you are uncertain of the steps required.

Evaluate and develop skills: Determine which of your current skills will transfer to a new role. Leadership, project management, and problem-solving are useful in many professions. Take courses, earn reputation, or volunteer to build relevant skills.

Further education: Obtain professional expertise to make a transition easier if required for your target profession.

Gain practical experience: Internships, freelance or part-time work, and volunteering are essential for switching careers. Real-world experience creates opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge, develop job skills, provide insight into the profession, and build your portfolio..

Build a professional network: Nurture professional relationships for support, advice, and job opportunities. Attend industry events, join online communities, and use social media to connect with professionals in your target sector.

Seek guidance: Mentors share valuable experiences and provide advice, while career coaches offer personalized support for developing career-switching strategies.

Stay informed: Pay attention to trends like artificial intelligence that may impact your way professionally or personally. Consider upskilling or retraining to adapt to new roles created by IT.

Understand economic factors: Economists use surveys to gauge consumer attitudes and investment plans, which can help limit the range of possibilities when preparing for the future.

When we jump into the digital future of “VUCA” new normal –volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, organizational leaders should be able to envision and determine what the future needs to look like, what the transformation must look like. So the individuals or organizations can become agile, harness innovation and drive changes proactively.

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Path Finder

With every new day coming, it's a fresh beginning to try continually; let's move on, say goodbye, towards the unique trail to fit our purpose and insight.

In the shadows of the night, 

I listen to the inner voices,

A whisper in the darkness, 

while the ideas are in -

the transformative edge.

Every step I take, 

I feel the earth beneath,

With a mind full of wondering, 

I’m ready to find my path to explore.

Let's go, discover-

our own trajectory to grow;

some go to the hilltop; 

others head to valley deep.

A few reach the peak vista point,

many move onto the road, 

they have to experience...

Through the twists and turns,

 I’ll never sway.

With truth as my compass,

 I’ll hold on to the value deep

In the journey with those usual experience,

I’ll keep discovering-

 clue underneath.

Through the river tide and the land vast,

I’ll navigate the great landscape.

let my creative spirit shine up

With each road I wander,

I’ll carve my own trail,

overcoming pitfalls, 

I’ve tasted the bitter life...

When the shadows loom, 

and the path is unclear,

I’ll hold onto hope, 

I’ll conquer my fear.

With every change beat, 

’ll try and I’ll strive,

In this world of difference, 

I try to bridge the gaps of -

all types.

So here’s to the journey, 

wherever it leads,

With a gut full of passion,

 I’ll plant the seeds of creative kinds.

Let's become a pathfinder, 

as the world is wide,

With every new day coming, 

it's a fresh beginning to try on.

let's move on, say goodbye,

towards the unique trail to -

fit our purpose and insight.

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Purpose, Peformance, Positivity

 Companies are gradually opening up to the next practice to enforce change, catalyze growth, harness innovation, and accelerate business transformation. 

An individual or an organization is a system with its own purpose and potential. The organizational purpose and personal purpose tie in with the leadership. development and who we are as people and as leaders. 

The power of performance, purpose, and positivity can be understood through their effects on individuals and organizations.

Purpose: People around the world are addressing social and environmental issues, demonstrating the power of purpose. Whether it is advocating for climate action, fighting for clean water, or promoting diversity in literature, these purposeful individuals exemplify how a clear purpose can drive action and create meaningful change.

Performance: Management practices, such as investing in training and development, empowering employees, encouraging participation, and accelerating performance, are associated with improved performance in organizations. When human capital is fully developed and appropriately utilized, high organizational performance becomes more attainable.

Positivity: Positive emotions broaden one’s thinking and build one’s resources. Positive emotions lead people to think creatively and try new things, which helps them develop new ways to approach the world, new interests, new social relationships, and even new physical skills. people with positive thinking are more sociable, cooperative, and healthier; they also make positive influence.

Companies are gradually opening up to the next practice to enforce change, catalyze growth, harness innovation, and accelerate business transformation. They are able to envision future trends and forecast knowledge and skills that are required to ensure the business has the right people with the right skills and capabilities, in the right place, at the right time, to solve the right problems smoothly.

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Innovators: Rebels & Rule-breakers

 It is about applying a system's lens to understand how the people factor affects the business system, and then managing the complex system and the people of the complex system as an organic living thing.

Change is part of reality; either people or organizations have to be open-minded to changes and break down silo or refresh outdated knowledge. 

The digital paradigm shift is marked by the rise of digital technologies that are changing how humans create, exchange, and distribute value, profoundly transforming institutions, industries, and individuals. 

This shift requires individuals who challenge traditional norms and are able to forge unconventional paths. Qualities of rebels and rule-breakers driving the digital paradigm shift:

Digital Nomads: These individuals redefine the interconnection between work, leisure, and personal identity by leveraging digital technology to work from anywhere. They signal a shift in societal expectations around lifestyle freedom and work, proving that technology empowers talented individuals to forge unconventional paths.

Innovators: Organizations that are successful at innovation often have leaders who support innovation, reward those who push for it, dedicate resources to it, embrace diversity, and are willing to experiment.

Early Adopters of Digital Gadgets: Many artists using digital art as their medium developed creative approaches that took advantage of the mutability of digitally altered images, pushing the boundaries of what is believable in an artistic expression.

Proponents of Innovation Paradigm: This revolution is not just about technology but about uniting global communities, building sustainable economies, modernizing governance models, reducing inequalities, and committing to values-based leadership of emerging technologies.

Key indicators of a digital paradigm shift:

-Technological Convergence: The convergence of digital, biological, and physical innovations, such as artificial intelligence and robotics, indicates a significant shift.

-Societal Transformation: Changes in how we communicate, learn, entertain ourselves, and relate to each other, along with impacts on human identities, communities, and system structures, signal a digital paradigm shift.

-Economic Changes: Shifts in labor markets, the rise of e-commerce, and new business models like the sharing economy and freemium models are indicators of a digital paradigm shift.

-Increased Digital Usage: Increased access to and usage of computer technology across different demographics, along with the proliferation of smartphones and picture-sharing applications, point to a digital paradigm shift.

Challenges to Traditional Beliefs: Technological advancements challenge traditional beliefs and perceptions, impacting human confidence in perception and planning.

The arising new paradigm is all about people-centricity. Digital adaptation is faster if made with the full involvement of people by breaking down silos and overcoming barriers such as outdated processes, procedures, practices, etc. It is about applying a system's lens to understand how the people factor affects the business system, and then managing the complex system and the people of the complex system as an organic living thing.

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On the Road

With an open spirit,  I’ll take it all in stride. In the middle of the road, I’ll follow the light of wisdom.

Standing at the middle of the road, 

with issues all around the corner.

Feeling the pull of different paths, 

Where can truth be found though?

The light beam is shining bright above, 

but shadows linger so close,

In this tough moment of time, 

I feel things unusual,

Try to overcome fears.

In the middle of the road, 

I’ll find my way,

With every step I take, 

I’ll learn to seize the essence of influence,

Embracing all the crucial moments, 

the highs and the lows,

In the middle of the road, 

that’s where my inspiration grows.

Every turn brings new adventures, 

every sign a chance to learn,

With value as my compass, 

for the bridges I intend to build.

I’ll dance between the what-ifs, 

and the vision I hold high enough,

In the middle of the road, 

I’ll let my influence steer clear.

So here’s to the uncertainty, 

to the paths yet unexplored,

With each decision made, 

I’ll find the strength I’ve stored,

In the crossroads of where we shall go, 

I’ll stand and take my place,

In the middle of the road, 

I’ll carve out my own landscape.

So I’ll walk this path with purpose, 

let my spirit lead me on,

In the middle of the road, 

I’ll find where I am ahead of,

With an open spirit, 

I’ll take it all in stride,

In the middle of the road, 

I’ll follow the light of wisdom.

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Principles, Priority, Process, Practices

Digital transformation is now spreading rapidly to enable organizations of all shapes and sizes to reinvent themselves. 

 “Digital transformation is 'pushed' by both visible forces and invisible forces; hard forces and soft forces from multiple directions.” 

Digital transformation requires a strategic approach that prioritizes key elements and aligns processes and practices to achieve organizational goals.

Priority: A well-planned infrastructure of core resources is a priority for organizations aiming to support operations or innovate through information services. An organization’s long-term general strategic plans must be considered when designing an information system infrastructure and architecture.

Process: Establishing and maintaining a complex infrastructure requires extensive planning and consistent implementation to handle strategic corporate initiatives, transformations, mergers, and acquisitions. An information system infrastructure should be established to create meaningful options for future corporate development.

Practices

-Infrastructure Design: Design a coherent foundation that supports responsive change and organizational agility.

-Information Systems Management: The management of information systems can be decentralized to a certain degree to correspond to the organization’s overall structure.

-Data Handling: Vast quantities of nondocument analog data are collected, digitized, and compressed automatically by means of appropriate instruments in fields such as astronomy, environmental monitoring, scientific experimentation and modeling, and security.

-Optical Character Recognition: When manipulation is desired, a software program performs the optical character recognition (OCR) function by converting each optically scanned character into an electric signal and comparing it with the internally stored representation of an alphabet of characters, so as to select from it the one that matches the scanned character most closely or to reject it as an unidentifiable token.

Digital transformation is now spreading rapidly to enable organizations of all shapes and sizes to reinvent themselves. Organizations are moving from doing digital via experimenting with some digital technologies to going digital via expanding to all dimensions for leading the holistic digital transformation. 

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Leadership Guidance In Policies

Organizations need to be agile and able to adjust to the rapid and exceedingly high degrees of technological change in order to maintain their effectiveness, and organizational change may require cultural change.

Leadership plays a crucial role in policy making and adaptation, especially with the rise of new governance models. Effective policy relies on mechanisms for controlling and coordinating m, which may involve improving the organizational ability to direct actions through laws and rules, fostering cooperation by altering incentive structures, and negotiating to promote shifts in norms within global society.

Strategic Planning: Organizations should have a clear vision, mission, and goals established through formal strategic planning approaches. Strategic planning should define the organization's purpose and set realistic goals within a specific timeframe.

Committed Leadership for Continuous Change: Navigating policy changes requires committed leadership, a supportive organizational culture, and a structure for managing implementation.

Effective Policy-Making: Effective policy depends on mechanisms for controlling and coordinating platforms, which may involve improving the organizational ability to direct actions through laws and rules, fostering cooperation by altering incentive structures, and negotiating to promote shifts in norms within organizations.

Policy Management: The organization should deploy different policy styles as appropriate in different settings, balancing objectives such as meeting quality standards, promoting efficiency, and maintaining trust.

Ethical Standards: The organization acts as a facilitator or enabler, fostering partnerships between public, voluntary, and private-sector groups, and allowing them to set up common standards and ethical requirements.

Participation: Encourage organizational members to participate in the planning process to direct their energy effectively. Many approaches to organizational management reject command-and-control practices associated with hierarchical bureaucracies. The governance alliance should act as a facilitator or an enabler, fostering partnerships with and between different sectors. 

Organizations need to be agile and able to adjust to the rapid and exceedingly high degrees of technological change in order to maintain their effectiveness, and organizational change may require cultural change. Therefore, it's always important to deepen understanding of the patterns of basic underlying assumptions that guide behavior in an organization are essential to stay on course when policy changes occur. The goal is to improve overall organizational effectiveness and maturity.

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Interplay in Innovation

 The interplay of serendipity, synchronization, and synthesis is vital for fostering innovation and driving paradigm shifts.

Innovativeness is about thinking differently and doing things differently. Leading an innovation paradigm is more like a journey than a destination. Serendipity, synchronization, and synthesis play crucial roles in driving innovation and facilitating innovation paradigm shifts. 

Serendipity in Innovation: Serendipity refers to the occurrence of unexpected and fortunate discoveries. In the serendipitous path of innovation, there is the role of chance in uncovering new ideas or solutions. Key Aspects:

-Open Mindset: Fostering an environment where individuals are encouraged to explore and experiment can lead to unexpected breakthroughs.

-Interdisciplinary Connections: Combining knowledge from different fields often leads to serendipitous insights. For example, advancements in technology can inspire solutions in healthcare.

-Embracing Failure: Viewing failures as learning opportunities can lead to surprising discoveries that inform future innovations.

Synchronization in Innovation: Synchronization involves aligning efforts, processes, and ideas across different teams or disciplines to enhance collaboration and accelerate innovation. Key Aspects:

-Collaborative Platforms: Utilizing tools and technologies that facilitate communication and collaboration among diverse teams fosters synchronization.

-Shared Goals: Establishing common objectives helps unify efforts and encourages teams to work in harmony.

-Timely Interventions: Coordinating activities and resources effectively ensures that innovation efforts are maximized and that opportunities are seized promptly.

Synthesis in Innovation: Synthesis refers to the process of combining different ideas, concepts, or technologies to create something new and valuable. It involves integrating diverse perspectives and knowledge. Key Aspects:

-Cross-Pollination of Ideas: Encouraging collaboration between disciplines can lead to the emergence of innovative solutions that are greater than the sum of their parts.

-Systems Thinking: Understanding how various components interact within a larger system enables the development of holistic solutions.

-Iterative Prototyping: Synthesizing feedback from prototypes allows for continuous refinement and improvement of ideas.

Serendipity can lead to unexpected breakthroughs that challenge existing paradigms. Synchronization among teams ensures that these insights are rapidly shared and acted upon, fostering a collaborative environment that accelerates change. Synthesis of diverse ideas and technologies enables the creation of innovative solutions that redefine industry standards.

The interplay of serendipity, synchronization, and synthesis is vital for fostering innovation and driving paradigm shifts. By embracing unexpected discoveries, aligning efforts across disciplines, and integrating diverse ideas, organizations can navigate complexity and emerge as leaders in their fields. Creating an environment that nurtures these capabilities can lead to transformative innovations that redefine the future.

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Perceptive Leadership

 Perceptive leadership involves understanding people and the dynamics that influence team performance. 

Leadership is about change and innovation. High mature leadership is about true understanding and progressive influence. Perceptive Leadership is a style of leadership that emphasizes awareness, empathy, and insight into both individual and group dynamics. 

Leaders who embody this approach are attuned to the emotions, motivations, and needs of their team members, enabling them to guide effectively and foster a positive organizational culture.

Vision and Insight: Perceptive leaders are masters at strategic thinking; they can see beyond immediate challenges, identifying long-term opportunities and threats. They synthesize information from various sources to make well-rounded decisions that benefit the team and organization.

Active Listening: Perceptive leaders practice active listening, giving their full attention to team members and valuing their input. They encourage open dialogue and use feedback to inform decisions, showing that they value different perspectives, and increasing feedback integration

Situational Awareness: Perceptive leaders focus on context understanding; they are aware of the broader organizational context and how external factors may impact their team and decisions. Perceptive leaders can adjust their strategies and approaches as needed by being attuned to changing circumstances, 

Emotional Intelligence: Perceptive leaders have a strong understanding of their own emotions and self-awareness. How do these affect their behavior and decision-making, or briefly speaking, they have a strong self-awareness .

Empathy: They can recognize and understand the feelings of others, allowing for deeper connections and better team dynamics. They use their emotional insights to build strong, trusting relationships with team members.

Empowerment and Development: Encourage talent growth. Perceptive leaders recognize the potential in their team members and actively support their development through mentoring and coaching. Perceptive leaders empower others by delegating responsibilities, fostering a sense of ownership and accountability.

Building a Positive Culture: Perceptive leaders are inclusive; they promote an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued and team members feel safe to express their ideas. Perceptive leaders regularly acknowledge contributions and provide the necessary support to help their teams thrive.

Conflict Resolution: Perceptive leaders have a strong understanding of dynamics; they are skilled at navigating conflicts by understanding the underlying emotions and motivations of those involved.

Facilitation: Perceptive leaders facilitate discussions that lead to constructive resolutions, ensuring that all parties feel heard.

Continuous Learning: Perceptive leaders engage in regular self-reflection to assess their leadership effectiveness and identify areas for growth. Perceptive leaders actively seek feedback from their teams and are able to adapt their styles based on what they learn.

Perceptive leadership involves understanding people and the dynamics that influence team performance. By cultivating emotional intelligence, fostering open communication, and demonstrating empathy, perceptive leaders can create a supportive environment that drives engagement, innovation, and success. 

This leadership style is particularly effective in today’s complex and rapidly changing organizational landscapes, where understanding human behavior is crucial for achieving sustainable results.

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Untold

So here’s to the moments, both big and small. In this untold tale, we’ll dig into things unusual.

In the quiet of the evening, 

The noise of the day starts -

fading out.

Whispers of the moments,

that have slipped off.

Every cry and every tear, 

flow into the fountain top,

Stories of unusual experiences, 

in the breeze of palm branches，

 it's a momentary tale, 

woven in the breezy feel

Every sound beat echoes, 

like a rustling of the plants.

In the tapestry of time, 

where memories reside,

We’ll move through the chapters, 

with the truth as our guide.

Pages turn like a seasonal shift, 

painted amber theme,

Each adventure whispers,

 what the words can't articulate.

From the first greeting to the last goodbye,

Every fleeting moment, 

like a flashpoint.

So let’s hold on to the vision, 

and the common ground,

that we’ve shared with,

In the tale of our true self,

every truth’s declared.

With every step we take, 

the journey unfolds,

In the clicks of our memories, 

Our story is told.

So here’s to the moments, 

both big and small,

In this untold tale, 

we’ll dig into things unusual.

With insight as our compass, 

we’ll never lose our way,

In the ups & downs of our journey, 

our perspectives are unique,

our perceptions are so deep.

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