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[Steve Cadigan][1]. [Workquake: Embracing the Aftershocks of COVID-19 to Create a Better Model of Working][2]. [Amplify Publishing Group][3]. Virginia. 2021.

Interview

  • [Remarkable Leadership July 29,2025][4] - 1 hour

Table of Contents follows below my list.

Cadigan's book is small and rich with fascinating ideas, here are the ones for me:

  • Skills half-life is 5 years - [emerging skill needs][14]
  • "Employability is the new job security."
  • Entrepreneur mindset - tolerance of uncertainty
    • ambiguity is a chance to distinguish yourself
    • see opportunities in problems
    • new ways of creating value or income arise where technology eliminates jobs
  • Book: [Startup of You][15]
  • Book: [Expertise Economy][16] (learning-agile people)
  • [Abhishek Jha on Learning Agility][10]
  • Strong human relations are key
  • Assessing when to leave a company:
    • Am I learning, growing, and developing and becoming more valuable?
    • Am I being fairly rewarded and recognized for my efforts?
    • Is my network growing, and am I meeting and working with people who can help me in my career growth in the future?
  • [Personal Boardroom][12]
    • 4 information roles for new knowledge, insights, ideas
    • 4 power roles for access to people and resources
    • 4 development roles for feedback, challenge, courage, balance
  • Philippe Duranton's PhD Talent Accelerator
  • Tenth "Man" doctrine and culture - structural dissent: if majority (9) agree, then choose dissent (tenth person)
  • [Trium Group: Leading through volatility][11]
  • Wavelength UK, Panopto, YouGov, [Waggl][13] feedback system (changed since publication)
  • Emtrain, circular management. [Personal] Board methods
  • Siemens' ShareNet. ISDI ecosystem model
  • Book: [Bruce Feiler's][18][Life is in the Transitions][17]

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[Peter Schwartz] [1]. [The Art of the Long View: the path to strategic insight for yourself and your company] [2]. [Currency (Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group) [3]. 1991.

Along with [Life in 2030] [4], The Art of the Long View is a book that would have helped for my entire engineering career.

The first time I encountered scenario planning was reading through resources for improving non-profit boards in 2020. The 2020 Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia Conference session on leading through uncertainty deepened my understanding, which helped. (Anthony Taylor, SME Strategy, "Leading through uncertainty")