{"id":2974,"date":"2017-10-18T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faisalhoque.com\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2017-10-18T15:10:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:10:54","slug":"a-quick-primer-on-futurist-level-foresight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.frameroinfotech.com\/fh\/a-quick-primer-on-futurist-level-foresight\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Of Work: Are You Ready To Lead?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019ve already got self-driving cars. So what\u2019s next for intelligent innovation in the workplace?<\/h2>\n
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BY\u00a0FAISAL HOQUE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anyone raising a child with the benefits of the digital world doesn\u2019t have to look past those tiny fingertips tapping their own apps to realize how quickly we\u2019re transitioning.<\/p>\n

Theoretical physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku<\/a> argues that humankind is at a turning point in history. He claims that in this century, we are going to make a shift from the \u201cAge of Discovery\u201d to the \u201cAge of Mastery<\/a>,\u201d a period in which we will move from being passive observers of life and nature to its active choreographers. According to Kaku, robots with human-level intelligence may finally become a reality, and in the ultimate stage of mastery, we\u2019ll even be able to merge our minds with machine intelligence. It\u2019s how we harness this mastery that will matter.<\/p>\n

CONVERGENCE OF DISCIPLINES<\/h4>\n

The science fiction is becoming fact. During a recent visit to Google headquarters, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation<\/a> to allow autonomous vehicles to operate on the state\u2019s roads. Brown touted the signing of the bill as \u201cturning today\u2019s science fiction into tomorrow\u2019s reality.\u201d California is the third U.S. state to legalize self-driving cars, following Nevada and Florida, where similar laws earlier were passed this year.<\/p>\n

This is just the beginning. We need to be ready for the next set of intelligent innovation, in any field. Hospitals are embracing robotic surgery, and patients are choosing it more and more for many procedures. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, is minimally-invasive, laparoscopic surgery, and has become the standard of care for prostate cancer patients. It offers lower morbidity, less pain, less blood loss and increased precision.<\/p>\n

It is the leader\u2019s responsibility to prepare his or her organization for what lies ahead\u2013and that will mean changes in what we are doing now to break down the silos and create multi-disciplinary teams\u2013in order to prepare for the unknown.<\/p>\n

CULTURAL DIVERSITY<\/h4>\n

The underlying, critical element of achieving and maintaining convergence in the modern organization is nothing less than individual leadership. It takes leaders with perseverance and courage to build and implement the cross-functional management culture with the tenets of converged disciplines.<\/p>\n

It is a continual evolution and revolution of concepts and opportunities that reflect contemporary and future business operations and objectives.<\/p>\n

An essential part of this transition requires both left-brained (analytical) and right-brained (creative) talent and culture. Leaders of the future will approach this collaboration challenge by defining cross-functional teams as \u2018personas\u2019. These are roles that one assumes or displays in society or the workplace. Their skills and behaviors influence their interactions with other people. Some personas are analytical, some are creative, and others are a combination. A few personas are as follows:<\/p>\n