The Exponential Era Strategies to Stay Ahead of the Curve in an Era of Chaotic Changes and Disruptive Forces

by Espindola, David; Wright, Michael W.

• ISBN13: 9781119746515
• ISBN10: 1119746515
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-01-20
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press

Summary

Praise for The Exponential Era

"The Exponential Era turns strategic planning from a stagnant limited application exercise to an active thoughtful process that can yield benefits for all companies and executives. Every company leader can find a gem in the Exponential Era to apply to their business big or small." —Michael Splinter, Chairman of the Board, NASDAQ and Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Materials

"I count this among the very best business books I have read. The authors have managed to synthesize a vast array of thinking and methodologies and deployed them in a practical and easily understood planning process (SPX) that addresses today's exponential pace of change."—James B. Stake, former Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services, 3M Company and Chairman, Ativa Medical Corporation

"The Exponential Era is an essential read for our times." —John Puckett, Owner of Punch Pizza and Co-founder of Caribou Coffee

"The Exponential Era does a great job of not only describing exponential technologies, but how they likely converge to transform our world." —Frank Diana, Managing Partner, Futurist, TATA Consultancy Services

"The Exponential Era is a must-read for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and virtually anyone navigating our highly complex and rapidly changing world." —General (Ret. 4 Star) Joseph L. Votel, President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)

Author Biography

DAVID ESPINDOLA is a Partner at Intercepting Horizons and an Advisory Board member of the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota. As a former Chief Information Officer and consulting leader, he has developed global technology strategies and successfully implemented business transformation programs.

MICHAEL W. WRIGHT is a Founding Partner of Intercepting Horizons and the author of the acclaimed New Business Normal, a former C-suite global high-tech executive at scale and an active board member. He is a University of Minnesota Sr. Fellow, Chairman Emeritus of the Advisory Board for the UMN Technological Leadership Institute, and formerly an adjunct professor at Carlson School of Management where he taught strategic leadership.

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section I

1. The New Context for Our Future

2. Exponential Platforms: Convergences and Megatrends

3. Animals of the Exponential Kingdom

Section II

4. Introducing SPX: Strategic Planning for the Exponential Era

5. Detecting Early Signals

6. Learning from Experiments

7. Capabilities – The Essential Fuel to Ride the Exponential Curve

8. Feedback-Based Strategic Decisions

9. Leading a Culture of Change

Section III

10. The Exponential Human – Social and Ethical Challenges in a Chaotic World

Appendix - A Discussion About the Use of the Term Exponential

Notes

Index