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Kate
                                                                 Sweetman

                                                                 Kate Sweetman is a global management
                                                                 consultant concerned with all aspects of
                                                                 leadership, from strategy development
                                                                 through execution to creating sustainable
                                                                 cultures of deeply connected and
                                                                 supportive communities. A former editor
                                                                 for Harvard Business Review, Kate’s work
                                                                 has been published around the globe.
                                                                 She has been designated one of the
                                                                 World’s Top 20 Emerging Management
                                                                 Gurus by The Times. Kate was also
                                                                 named in the 2017 Thinkers 50 Radar of
                                                                 the 30 management thinkers most likely
                                                                 to shape the future of how organizations
                                                                 are managed and led.

create offerings together with third    Lesson: Behave as if your daily diary   impossible it has become. Shed your
parties. They form loose, yet powerful  is on the front page of the FT.         smartphone and your credit card;
networks in robust ecosystems.                                                  lose your e-wallets, e-banks and
                                        4. We must avoid the echo               e-retailing relationship; throw Alexis
Lesson: We must be willing and          chamber.
Nothing impedes learning,      and Siri in the bin; get off the web
able to access needed capabilities,     adapting and changing more              entirely. You’ll still be trackable in
whether we own them or not.             than believing only in our existing     cities on CCTV and in the country by
                                        assumptions. Our past experiences       drones. But the good news is this –
3. We have no secrets. Big business,    and outdated mindset should not act     tracking technology can make it much
small business, governments,            as powerful gatekeepers keeping us      easier to focus on crucial activities
individuals – anyone can use Reddit,    from doing the best thing.              in our businesses, and make it much
BitTorrent, Digg, StumbleUpon,                                                  easier to complete them through
Slack or others to cooperate and        Lesson: Constantly open your ideas      automation.
collaborate. The hardest thing today    and assumptions to scrutiny from a
is not accessing information, but       diversity of outsiders.                 Lesson: Learn to embrace
keeping it under wraps so competitive                                           technology accelerators in your
advantage can be increased.
            5. We are being virtually tracked.
Try  quest to stay competitive.
                                        getting off the grid and see how

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