Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change - Hardcover

by Jonathan Brill (Author)

"An actionable framework for driving change." --Adam Grant

Will the next rogue wave sink your ship--or will you choose to profit from it?

At this moment, rogue waves are forming under your business. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends--the undercurrents of radical, systemic change--are crashing into each other. When they converge, they'll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. If your competitor can't ride out the next wave and you can, you win.

In Rogue Waves, Jonathan Brill--a renowned expert on resilient growth and decision making under uncertainty--shows you how to prepare your business to survive and thrive through the most radical upheavals. Drawing on years of experience as a Fortune 500 innovation executive, advisor, and entrepreneur, Brill delivers a practical action plan to:

• Identify and capitalize on the 10 economic, technological, and social trends that will collide to reshape your business
• Turn sudden threats into outsized opportunities
• Create a culture of entrepreneurship and experimentation
• Build and scale leadership skills and processes to supercharge your company's agility and adaptability

This must-read survival guide provides the predictive tools you need to take advantage of randomness, turn chaos into profit, and set your company on the course for long-term success.

Resilience is your new strategy for growth.

Author Biography

The former Global Futurist and Research Director at Hewlett Packard, Jonathan Brill is currently a board member and advisor to the Chairman at Frost & Sullivan, a market intelligence firm that operates in 46 countries. A leading keynote speaker and entrepreneur, he has worked with hundreds of Fortune 500 leaders in companies such as HP, JPMorgan Chase, Samsung, LG, Microsoft, and Korn Ferry, among others. He has been an executive at Frog Design and the managing partner of innovation consultancies that have generated over $27 billion in new revenue for customers. Brill has trained tens of thousands of executives in innovation, strategy, and decision-making techniques. A former research consultant at the MIT Media Lab, Brill holds a degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute.