Leaders as Architects of Change

Designing Organizations for Connection and Resilience in Times of Uncertainty
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-03739-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Leadership: Research and Practice

Leaders as Architects of Change provides new approaches, frames and tools for leaders and their teams to design, drive, and support cultures of workplace inquiry which create collective capacity and adaptivity, and which ground and connect people in times of change.

Written by scholar-practitioners, alongside global business leaders, the book explores how organizations can thrive in a brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible (BANI) world. Drawing on evidence-based research and real-world experience, the contributors present practical frameworks for antifragility, emotional intelligence, adaptive culture, and collaborative leadership. Through chapters on AI-driven disruption, organizational resilience, dissent by design, and trust in virtual teams, the book reveals how leaders can design adaptive systems that bend without breaking, cultivate psychological safety, and unlock human flourishing. Rather than offering prescriptive fixes, it provides tools to architect conditions for resilience, innovation, and belonging.

The book will resonate with executives, academics, consultants, and students of leadership who seek actionable strategies to navigate volatility. Readers will gain both insight and courage to reimagine organizations not as machines of control but as living systems of connection, adaptability, and purpose.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krishnamoorthy, Raghu

Ravitch, Sharon M.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: A New Blueprint — Rethinking Leadership in a World on Fire;  Part I: Laying the Foundation: Leadership Reimagined  1. Leading in Flux: How Leaders Can Make Sense and Take Action in a Perpetually Shifting World  2. Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Skills, Systems, and Mindsets for a Digitally Rewired Workplace  3. Beyond Recovery: Leader as the Architect of Organizational Resilience;  Part II: Designing Systems of Strength and Connection: From Individuals to Institutions  4. Designing for Uncertainty: Thriving Ecosystems through Adaptive Culture and Leadership Practice  5. The Emotionally Intelligent Organization: Trust, Conflict, and Connection in Virtual Teams  6. Architecting Dissent by Design: Psychological Safety, Diverse Thinking, and Brave Cultures  7. Leaders as Architects of Collaboration: Rewiring Leadership through Dialogue, Structure, and Shared Purpose;  Conclusion: The Blueprint Ahead — Designing for the Unknown

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon M. Ravitch is Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and teaches executives across sectors at Wharton Business School’s Executive Education hub. She is a global leadership and organizational diagnostics consultant and researcher working with leaders and organizations around the world to foment individual and organizational sense-making for cultural and inclusive excellence.

Raghu Krishnamoorthy is the Senior Fellow and Director of Penn's renowned Chief Learning Officer doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, USA. He has written and lectured extensively on the future of work, the workplace, and workers. He spent 38 years in the corporate world before entering academia and retired as the CHRO for General Electric.