
What Matters Next
A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast
Kate O'Neill(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 27. January 2025
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-394-29642-2 (ISBN)
Description
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Harness emerging technologies for business success while putting the human first
In What Matters Next: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast, renowned author and consultant Kate O'Neill delivers a roadmap to achieve business growth, transformation, and innovation through the use of emerging technologies-but crucially, in a human-centric manner that benefits both business and humanity. Drawing on her experience working with organizations like Google, Yale, and the United Nations, O'Neill offers a unique blend of strategic guidance, ethical considerations, and practical application to help organizations not just survive, but thrive through bold and empathetic leadership.
In this book, readers will learn about:
Making better strategic decisions by moving from questions, to insights, to "Bankable Foresights"
Creating a model that aligns focus, purpose, values, and resources across an organization
Understanding the intersection and potential harmony of human knowledge and machine intelligence
Ensuring digital transformation and innovation efforts frame the future in human terms
What Matters Next is an essential read for all business leaders and individuals interested in the impact of emerging technology on business and humanity and seeking to effect positive change for the benefit of all.
INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST
Harness emerging technologies for business success while putting the human first
In What Matters Next: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast, renowned author and consultant Kate O'Neill delivers a roadmap to achieve business growth, transformation, and innovation through the use of emerging technologies-but crucially, in a human-centric manner that benefits both business and humanity. Drawing on her experience working with organizations like Google, Yale, and the United Nations, O'Neill offers a unique blend of strategic guidance, ethical considerations, and practical application to help organizations not just survive, but thrive through bold and empathetic leadership.
In this book, readers will learn about:
Making better strategic decisions by moving from questions, to insights, to "Bankable Foresights"
Creating a model that aligns focus, purpose, values, and resources across an organization
Understanding the intersection and potential harmony of human knowledge and machine intelligence
Ensuring digital transformation and innovation efforts frame the future in human terms
What Matters Next is an essential read for all business leaders and individuals interested in the impact of emerging technology on business and humanity and seeking to effect positive change for the benefit of all.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-394-29642-2 (9781394296422)
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Kate O'Neill
What Matters Next
A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast
E-Book
01/2025
1st Edition
Wiley
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Kate O'Neill
What Matters Next
A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast
E-Book
01/2025
1st Edition
Wiley
€20.99
Available for download
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KATE O'NEILL is the CEO of the technology and strategy consulting firm, KO Insights, where she provides leaders with strategies on how to navigate the uncertainties that come with such a rapidly changing landscape. Her clients include Google, IBM, Coca Cola, McDonalds, Yale, and the United Nations.
Content
Table of Figures xiii
Preface xv
Introduction A Brighter Future Requires Better Decisions 1
Part I A World That's Moving Too Fast 11
Chapter 1 The Conflicting Challenges of Leading in the Too-Fast World 13
Chapter 2 Future Visioning: Transforming the Unknown into the Foreseeable 39
Part II Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions 53
Chapter 3 Future-Ready Decision-Making at Scale: The Insights-Foresights Model 55
Chapter 4 Through-Line Thinking: Ethical Impacts and Beyond 85
Chapter 5 Ethical Acceleration: Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions Better and Faster 131
Chapter 6 Future-Ready Evolution 163
Part III A Leader's Guide to the Future 189
Chapter 7 The Leadership That Matters Next 191
Conclusion: Building a More Human-Friendly World 215
Appendix: Creating Your "What Matters Next" Action Plan 221
References 223
About the Companion Website 231
Acknowledgments 233
About the Author 235
Index 237
Preface xv
Introduction A Brighter Future Requires Better Decisions 1
Part I A World That's Moving Too Fast 11
Chapter 1 The Conflicting Challenges of Leading in the Too-Fast World 13
Chapter 2 Future Visioning: Transforming the Unknown into the Foreseeable 39
Part II Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions 53
Chapter 3 Future-Ready Decision-Making at Scale: The Insights-Foresights Model 55
Chapter 4 Through-Line Thinking: Ethical Impacts and Beyond 85
Chapter 5 Ethical Acceleration: Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions Better and Faster 131
Chapter 6 Future-Ready Evolution 163
Part III A Leader's Guide to the Future 189
Chapter 7 The Leadership That Matters Next 191
Conclusion: Building a More Human-Friendly World 215
Appendix: Creating Your "What Matters Next" Action Plan 221
References 223
About the Companion Website 231
Acknowledgments 233
About the Author 235
Index 237