drivers of change and leadership management

The themes that we touched on in class in today are very relevant in our modern day society. Without the drivers of change in our dynamic and progressive society, there is no way any company or country can survive and keep up to competition. There is definitely a need for people to ensure that they are equipped to not only be a leader of change but also being flexible to responding and reacting to changes. This is so because there is a wide array of world changes ranging from climate to new technologies, to demographics, to governance, to health and well-being, to resources and the list goes on and on. People need to hinge on the fact that there is definitely a need to be flexible and make things happen.

One of the few ideas that have caught my attention was how plagues and epidemics such as the Dark Ages/Renaissance, Spanish Flu and even SARS or the H1N1 which are closer to home, are drivers of world change. We have to be alert of such problems and take necessary precautions to ensure that our country would not suffer as a result of any of these epidemics because Singapore already has a relatively small population and such problems would prove disadvantageous and possibly a disastrous effect on our economy and even the people’s morale.

Few of the main ideas that I intend to keep in mind is that yes, despite it being important that we should be drivers if change, we need to always keep in mind the need for us to respond quickly to new innovations or changes. We should have the adaptability to change before we can rise up above and to think of new changes that we can make eventually.

Furthermore, in our society, change is the only constant. Frameworks and organisations don’t change but people, and the way people manage things can change. In fact, I feel the modern approach is indeed a useful approach in encouraging people to have continuous monitoring and renewal of their leadership management in terms of managing their companies or the other aspect of innovation. As such, it sets out a clear direction and purpose for its employees, setting a goal and an expectation for workers to live up to.

Indeed, as stated in the video that we watched during class, it takes great courage for the first follower to start following. I feel this is very relevant and true because it does take something out of a person to be a follower and even more so, something that the leader possesses to become a leader. I feel that this issue does have something discussable as we could define and explore what it takes to be someone who can spot who is worth following and what causes people to follow.
Overall, I feel that this lesson is one that is very relevant in our society, essential in our decision makings and it defines what needs to be done so to become a driver of change or even managing the change. An applicable lesson, I’d rate it a 8/10 :)