Leadership empowers algorithms
The art of delegation
Purpose makes for data
Chapter 8: Co-Creation as a New Beginning?
Iron Man as the example to follow?
Co-operating in the new diversity
To be an orchestral conductor
Initiating co-operation
Creating added value
Chapter 9: The Art of Leadership: Purpose and Inclusion
Know your context
On the importance of purpose
Visionary leadership
How to develop your visionary abilities?
Ethical leadership
Reducing the complexity of ethics
Augmenting ethics through automation
How to develop your ethical leadership abilities?
Summary: The benefits of purpose-driven leadership
Setting priorities to look at data
Framing the right kind of questions for the right kind of strategy
Providing a focus on how to analyze the data
Helping to integrate new business demands with the values of the organization to create relevant and valuable strategies
Explaining clearly why data is collected and analyzed
On the importance of inclusive leadership
Connecting leadership
How to develop your connecting abilities
Trustworthy leadership
Trust building starts with the leader
The art of fostering trust
How to develop your trustworthiness
Diversity-minded leadership
The diversity curator
Experiment and fail
How to develop your diversity mindset
Humble leadership
Please challenge me!
Promoting bottom-up thinking
How to develop your humility?
Summary: The benefits of inclusive leadership
Different departments to co-operate
Integrating teams of data scientists in the daily operations of the company
Promoting transparency in communication and exchange of data
Empower algorithms in non-biased ways
Be humble, and work on being tech savvy
Chapter 10: What Will Be and What Should Be
Too good to be true?
The end user is technology, or am I wrong?
What about the human?
We will survive… again!
Co-operation above all
How to move on
Building the right culture
Humans lead, algorithms manage
Who knows where to go?
Continuous education
Humanity in AI as a guiding tool
Tolerance for imperfection
Praise for Leadership by Algorithm
“Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence, but no one has a clue how it will affect the way organizations are managed… until now. David De Cremer, a leading expert, has written the most informative book I’ve read on how algorithms will change leadership—and which parts are unlikely to be replaced by a machine.”
Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, and host of the chart-topping TED podcast WorkLife
“Will your next boss be a robot? In case you haven’t pondered your AI future, David De Cremer—one of the ‘World’s Top 30 Management Gurus’—has done it for you in his fascinating book, Leadership By Algorithm. Read your future today.”
James Bradley, three-times New York Times bestseller and author of Flags of Our Fathers
“David De Cremer, one of the top gurus in corporate culture, provides unique insight in Leadership by Algorithm as to what leadership means in the AI age. Ignore at your peril!”
Alexandros Papaspyridis, Director Higher Education at Microsoft Asia Pacific Japan
“The tech revolution is happening. But what we need now is a revolution in leadership and in organisations. David De Cremer expertly maps out how this can and must happen.”
Stuart Crainer, co-founder Thinkers50
“Leadership by Algorithm is a must read for those who want to understand how in the AI era companies have to be run and what kind of leadership will be needed. Thought provoking!”
James Liang, Chairman, former CEO and co-founder of Ctrip
“Leadership by Algorithm is timely, novel, smart and refreshing,
