Leadership Wednesday | Hello Tech Pros

Chris Surdak is an award winning author, futurist, technologist and former rocket scientist.  Chris writes about technology disruption and help companies navigate the accelerating changes around us. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/chris-surdak-leadership/  Key Takeaways Set a longterm goal with meticulous planning, be flexible to change in the future, monitor along the way, and be open to frequent fast failure. Don’t be afraid to be wrong or make a mistake. Look at the bigger picture and outcomes that employees generate before nitpicking the operational metrics. We need destructive, disruptive innovation, but it’s harder to implement than incremental change. If you want to start innovating, you have to stop improving. You can assume that your ability to improve your business is good. Identify the exceptions and outliers and focus on improving them. In what circumstances do you want your employees to make a judgment call and “break” the rules for the betterment of the organization? We have transitio