Digital Disruption: A Multi-Generational Mindset

Being anticipatory is a multifaceted offense in a world of rapid digital disruption. In some cases, it’s about identifying opportunities for major disruptions within your industry that you yourself can introduce, such as Airbnb did to the hotel and timeshare industry or Uber did to the taxi and ride share industry.

Yet it is important to remember that being anticipatory also requires you to be aware of disruptions from others that may impact you and knowing how to prepare accordingly.

Let’s consider the relationship between two important forces: digital disruption and the people in your organization, and how this affects you and your anticipatory thinking.

The Continuing Digital Disruption

Recent research indicates that many business leaders anticipate their organizations will be digitally disrupted within the next few years, upending everything they have come to know.

Many leaders see digital disruption as a decidedly positive trend, considering the possibilities that digital change brings to the table in the way of boosting productivity, innovation and other workplace attributes. On the other hand, many also worry it will alter and possibly eliminate jobs, so many view it as this invisible enemy of a paradigm shift.