TWC Week 4 Review - the Big Picture

Drivers of World Change

Once again, as Prof has emphasized in class, it is more important to see things in the bigger picture and how they are interrelated rather than focus on the specific details.

With regards to drivers of world change, there are 3 main things you need to reflect upon and examine

1)     What is the driver of world change? How did it arise?

2)    Where is it manifested in? What are some of the economic/political/social/ethical/legal implications of this driver?

3)    Evaluation and what the future holds for the world 

If you would like to go one step further, you may want to examine how the various drivers of world change are interconnected with one another. 

There are many different global drivers of change. Here, I would like to draw your attention to the following drivers worth considering, given their relevance in our world today

1)     Climate change

2)    Demographics: increasing global population, ageing population

3)    Depleting sources of non-renewable energy

4)    Shift in global power balance

5)    Information and Communications Technology

Change Management and Change Leadership

There are 2 key things that you should know about change management and leadership.

1)     Differences between a manager and a leader

2)    How does change happen?  (Do refer to the reading on how to lead change: 3 simple steps)

Change management and change leadership is, in fact, an overarching theme which is relevant to all of the other topics which have been covered in previous sessions. For instance, change leadership is vital in triggering world change. It can also play a significant role in shaping the global geo-political arena which relates to global dominance. As such, do keep in mind this theme when we cover new topics in the upcoming sessions.