The definitive book on leadership in the digital era: why digital
technologies call for leadership that emphasizes creativity,
collaboration, and inclusivity.
Certain ideas about business leadership are held to be timeless, and
certain characteristics of leaders--often including a square jaw, a deep
voice, and extroversion--are said to be universal. In Leading in the
Digital World, Amit Mukherjee argues that since digital technologies
are changing everything else, how could they not change leadership
ideologies and styles? As more people worldwide participate equally in
business, those assumptions of a leader's ideal profile have become
irrelevant. Offering a radical rethinking of leadership, Mukherjee shows
why digital technologies call for a new kind of leader--one who
emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity.
Drawing on a global survey of 700 mid-tier to senior executives and
interviews with C-level executives from around the world, Mukherjee
explains how digital technologies are already reshaping organizations
and work and what this means for leaders. For example, globally
dispersed businesses can't reserve key leadership roles for people from
exclusive groups; leadership must become inclusive, or fail. Leaders
must learn to collaborate in a multipolar world of networked
organizations, working with co-located and non-co-located colleagues.
Leaders must lead for creativity rather than productivity. Focusing on
practice, Mukherjee outlines goals and strategies, warns against
unthinking assumptions, and explains how leaders can identify the
mindsets, behaviors, and actions they need to pursue. With Leading in
the Digital World, Mukherjee offers the definitive book on leadership
for the digital era.
