The document discusses the need for transformational leadership in the context of societal change, emphasizing the importance of adaptability and new models for governance and education. It outlines the characteristics and skills of master capacity builders, who are essential for reconceptualizing institutions and guiding transformative processes. Key concepts include futures thinking, collaborative networks, and the significance of navigating risk in a post-capitalist society.

1. A Leadership Concept for
Transformation
Heart of North Texas
Business Conference
Master Capacity
Builder
November 4, 2016

2. “Every few hundred years in Western
History there occurs a sharp
transformation. Within a few short
decades, society rearranges itself….its
worldview; its basic values; its social
and political structure; its arts; its key
institutions. Fifty years later, there is a
new world. And the people born then
cannot even imagine the world in which
their grandparents lived. We are
currently living through just such a
transformation. It is creating the post-
capitalist society.”
……Peter Drucker

3. Rethinking Change
 Reforming Change
 Transformational
Change

4. It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one
that is the most adaptable to change.
Charles Darwin

5. It’s not that you want to make things simpler, it’s
that you want to make them as simple as
possible.
…….Albert Einstein

6. “You never change things by fighting the
existing reality.
To change something, build a new model
that makes the existing model obsolete.”
….. Buckminster Fuller

7. Shifting Into New Paradigms
 Second Enlightenment
 Creative Molecular
Economy
 Transformational
Learning
 Mobile Collaborative
Governance
 “pH Ecosystem”
 Master Capacity Builder

8. Two Types of Leadership
 Project Leadership
 Master Capacity Builder

9. Master Capacity Builder
Capabilities
 Bring attention to the
need to
reconceptualize our
institutions for a
constantly changing
society
 Model a new approach
to prepare for the
future
 Build Capacities for
Transformation

10. Parallel Planning Processes
 Strategic Planning
(SWOT)
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
 Adaptive Planning
(DICE)
Design
Identify
Connect
Emerge

11. Master Capacity Builder Skills
Futures Thinking
 Identify Emerging
Weak Signals
 Utilize Future
Generative Dialogue
to Develop a
Futures Context
 Consider Emerging
Issues Within a
Futures Context

12. Master Capacity Builder Skills
Accelerated Connector
 Become a Connective
Listener
 Utilize Families of
Questions
 Always Affirm
Authentically
 Look for Access Points
 Seed and Connect
 Build Networks and
Ecosystems

13. Master Capacity Builder
Capacity for Transformation
 Neonarradigm for
Adaptive Education
1) Connectivism
2) Transformational
Learning
3) Future Forward
College

14. “You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and
investing in the future.”
“Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to
actually learn to do is how to navigate it.”
“Your network is the people who want to help you, and
you want to help them, and that's really powerful.”
…..Reid Hoffman
Founder of Linked-In