Leadership in the Imagination Age

Navigating Unprecedented Possibilities and Moral Challenges
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-28764-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

This book reframes leadership for a world transformed by AI, accelerating technologies, and planetary fragility. It argues that leadership is no longer about control or optimisation but about orientation: knowing what matters, sensing direction, and acting with moral courage when certainty collapses. In this new era, inherited formulas fall short. What leaders need instead is disciplined imagination – curiosity expansive enough to explore new possibilities, yet grounded enough to stay accountable to human consequence.

The book invites readers to see leaders as stewards, not owners; organisations as living systems, not machines; and leadership as an act of storytelling. Every story a leader tells shapes the world – connecting or fragmenting, regenerating or extracting, widening horizons or narrowing them. Drawing on leadership theory, systems thinking, ethics, narrative art, futures studies, and spiritual wisdom, the book blends rigorous insight with poetic depth, urging leaders to listen more deeply, imagine more boldly, and act with integrity.

At its core are three navigational frameworks – the Leadership Compass, the Moral Gyroscope, and Cosmic Leadership – guiding leaders at all levels and across disciplines through purpose, people, performance, possibility, and ethics. Ultimately, the book poses a provocative question: when machines can optimise almost everything, what remains unmistakably human about leadership?

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moin, S M A

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Before the Voyage Begins: A Letter from the Author to the Readers  1. Entering the Imagination Age: Reimagining Possibility and Responsibility 2. Purpose: Orienting Toward the Leader’s True North 3. People: Leading with Humanity, Imagination, and Emotional Intelligence 4. Performance: Building a Culture of Excellence 5. Possibility: Envisioning the Futures 6. Storytelling as the Needle: The Secret Language of Leadership 7. The Moral Gyroscope: Maintaining Stability through Ethics, Values, and Character 8. The Leadership Manifesto: Reclaiming Freedom, Presence, and Power in the Imagination Age 9. Cosmic Leadership: Synchronising with the Rhythm of the Universe 10. Humanity at the Helm: When Leadership Becomes a Symphony for All Epilogue: Holding the Future Steady

Über Autor(innen)

S M A Moin is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Storytelling and Brand Communications at Queen Mary University of London, UK, ranked ninth globally and in the top 0.5% in the areas of storytelling research in 2024 by ScholarGPS, California.