Head: (5 of 5)
Heart: (4 of 5)
Leadership Applicability: (5 of 5)

Navigating the Badlands shares an eye opening and informative look at the future of globalization, business, and organizations.  The author uses The Badlands as a metaphor to describe the "rugged stretch" of historical terrain between the Industrial Era and the not-yet-fulfilled promise of the Information Age.  The author shares that we are currently fifty years into a seventy-five year cycle of "disruptive innovation."  This journey through The Badlands consists of major economic shifts, new social innovations, and rapidly changing technologies that will forever change our global landscape.    Not everyone survives this journey of transformation...at least not in the ways that we are currently used to.  Those that do survive the organizational metamorphosis realize that understanding the so-called Big Picture is now a requirement.  The world is no longer the same.  Leaders must accept ambiguity and need to quickly adapt to changing environments.  The author shares eight Principles of Transformation that will increase your chances of surviving The Badlands. 

• Scan, Scout, Steer
• Act with Integrity
• Seek Collisions
• Learn Rapidly
• Engage Cultures
• Innovate Radically
• Make Decisions Fast
• Execute with Discipline