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Forging the Future
To master the competitive environment, the leader must first understand
the challenges of the twenty-first century. The leaders of the
future will be those who take the next step–to change the
culture.
The next generation of leaders will have certain things in common:
broad education, boundless curiosity, boundless enthusiasm, contagious
optimism, belief in people and teamwork, willingness to take risks,
devotion to long term growth rather than short-term profit, commitment
to excellence, adaptive capacity, empathy, authenticity, integrity
and vision.
Hartmut Esslinger describes the role of designers as leaders
in the future:
The last 40 years, design has really been liberated from the
cultural discrimination between developed and developing countries
and has become truly global. Today, no matter where you go-the
United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East,
Russia-customers want the best possible product, and they want
world-class design. Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore are now as sophisticated
as Milan, New York and London. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Kuala
Lumpur lead in urban architecture. The most beautiful modern
bridges are in Tokyo, Istanbul and Denmark. And India is taking
the lead in software development. As a corollary, we designers
need to be more knowledgeable about the world's individual cultures
than ever before, and by that I mean avoiding insult and creating
affection the right way. (Esslinger,
www.frogdesign.com)
It’s in our hands to be aware of what is going on around
us, in order to be ahead of industries and able to produce long-term
solutions.
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