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Episode Synopsis
FORWARD Development Partner Pete Cohen in conversation with Industry Fellow Diana Wu David.
Diana is a female futurist, speaker, educator and author who is passionate about empowering individuals, businesses and boards globally to master the skills, mindsets and capacities they need to create inspiring futures that matter.
Pete and Diana discuss the shifts she is observing in industry from “just in case” learning to “just in time” learning in response to the increasing rate of change, as well as the nature of networks within organisations and role that technology is taking in bringing together the ideal group of people into teams to deliver projects.
Diana's book 'Future Proof - Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration' looks at how accelerating change, disruption, globalization and increasing longevity are creating a new and uncertain world of work.
Diana's Future Proof Lab provides executive coaching for senior executives, board directors and entrepreneurs, board, ExCo or workshop facilitation and team coaching, foresight advisory and capability development.
https://dianawudavid.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianawudavid/
Otter transcript of this conversation
https://otter.ai/u/87ydC9O2vwRpV4S1_EWMIX1D4Vk
Production by Michael Donaldson https://8sided.blog/8sided-about/
Diana is a female futurist, speaker, educator and author who is passionate about empowering individuals, businesses and boards globally to master the skills, mindsets and capacities they need to create inspiring futures that matter.
Pete and Diana discuss the shifts she is observing in industry from “just in case” learning to “just in time” learning in response to the increasing rate of change, as well as the nature of networks within organisations and role that technology is taking in bringing together the ideal group of people into teams to deliver projects.
Diana's book 'Future Proof - Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration' looks at how accelerating change, disruption, globalization and increasing longevity are creating a new and uncertain world of work.
Diana's Future Proof Lab provides executive coaching for senior executives, board directors and entrepreneurs, board, ExCo or workshop facilitation and team coaching, foresight advisory and capability development.
https://dianawudavid.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianawudavid/
Otter transcript of this conversation
https://otter.ai/u/87ydC9O2vwRpV4S1_EWMIX1D4Vk
Production by Michael Donaldson https://8sided.blog/8sided-about/
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