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    Focus Forward Leadership: Maximizing Profits in the Artificial Intelligence Age
    Focus Forward Leadership: Maximizing Profits in the Artificial Intelligence Age
    Focus Forward Leadership: Maximizing Profits in the Artificial Intelligence Age
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    Focus Forward Leadership: Maximizing Profits in the Artificial Intelligence Age

    By John Robertson

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    The challenge of finding leaders who can lead focus-forward leaders is as real today as it ever was. Now it is even more consequential because of the evolution and impact of artificial intelligence on companies and their leadership at every level. Maximizing profits will require leaders who can lead leaders who see a purpose in the future better than they can see the future themselves. It will not be easy. It will be hard to make the changes required.

    Focus Forward Leadership is quick and enjoyable learning. Every chapter is packed with real life lessons and anecdotes that immediately demonstrate each point. Action strategies are clearly outlined and provide a road map for success. If you are serious about leading in a world being revolutionized by artificial intelligence, this is the book for you.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMar 20, 2019
    ISBN9781947480544
    Focus Forward Leadership: Maximizing Profits in the Artificial Intelligence Age
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    John Robertson

    Personal finance and investing have long been personal passions for John. He has been an active part of the Canadian personal finance community for over 7 years, blogging at Blessed by the Potato, creating spreadsheets and how-to guides amongst other commentary and analyses. In 2011 he started Robertson Investment Services to help investors move away from relying on commissioned sales staff to planning and investing on their own. Those experiences helped identify the need for the material that would become The Value of Simple, and provided a venue to test and refine the explanations and tools that form the book. He has a PhD in Medical Biophysics from the University of Western Ontario, and spends his days as a science writer & editor for the Techna Institute in Toronto. He specializes in explaining complex topics – scientific or financial – for the lay reader, and has won multiple scientific presentation awards and the Macklin Teaching Fellowship from the University of Western Ontario.

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      Focus Forward Leadership - John Robertson

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      PART I

      Why Focus-Forward Leadership Matters

      CHAPTER I

      They Didn’t See It Coming

      It was Boxing Day, December 26, 2004, and a beautiful morning at Patong Beach on Phuket Island, Thailand. The sun was shining, the temperature was about 80°F, and the waterfront was filled with tourists lounging beneath colorful umbrellas. All in all, a perfect day in the midst of a perfect winter vacation at this seaside resort.

      Then, unexplainably, the water in the bay retreated. Everyone stopped to gaze at this strange event. Then it struck. A wall of water more than fifteen feet high moving at 500 miles per hour crashed into the beach and drove inland for a half mile. More water continued to rush in. Tons of fast-moving seawater in a series of huge waves crushed everything in its path. Survivors later reported the seawater was relentless.

      In the blink of an eye, this blissful scene of serenity and peace was now a fight for survival. Debris of all kinds swirled and rearranged everything from deck chairs to local economies. Water overturned cars and destroyed hotels. Families were separated, businesses were disrupted, and chaos reigned. What happened? A tsunami. It was later named the Boxing Day Tsunami. No one saw it coming.

      Tsunamis Are Powerful

      Tsunamis are powerful, and they are known for their invisible start. Except for the seismology reading that tells of a major change deep under the sea, there is no visible evidence of the destruction coming. NOAA, the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, monitors the ocean for sudden displacements in the sea floor. It could be a tectonic plate shift, a landslide, or volcanic activity.

      The Pacific Warning Center in Hawaii knew that an earthquake had taken place but there was confusion about its size and magnitude. There was no tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. The people on Patong Beach did not know it was coming.

      As shown in the graphic, a tsunami wave increases in height as the shock of the disturbance rebounds off the sea floor. As the tsunami wave nears the shore, the shock waves rebound more quickly, causing the ocean’s waves to grow higher and higher. By the time a tsunami wave reaches land, the wave is very high, moving very quickly, and transporting enormous amounts of

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