Global Scans · Leadership · Weekly Summary

WHAT'S NEXT?: Traditional slow, hierarchical leadership models are breaking down to be replaced by more agile systems of decision-making. Consequently, populist leaders are threatening to replace many career politicians while leaders in general are dealing with unprecedented, complex levels and speed of change requiring instant insights and decision-making. Many leaders (middle management) will be lost to automation in the coming years while Millennials will increasingly occupy leadership roles..

• [New] Though supporters acknowledge China's vast economic resources and strong political will to provide global leadership, the largest group of respondents who distrust China felt that China's economic and military power could be used to threaten their country's interests and sovereignty. ThinkChina - Big reads, Opinion & Columns on China
• [New] Starbucks will introduce new North America and International CEO roles from next month in a bid to create a clearer geographic leadership structure 'and drive impact on a global scale' across its operations. World Coffee Portal
• [New] South Korea asserts and will continue to take leadership in shaping the prospects for the unification of the Korean Peninsula. 38 North
• EUV plays a critical role in driving Intel toward its goals of delivering five nodes in four years and regaining leadership in process technology by 2025. Intel Corporation
• E-ISAC is a community of electricity asset owners, operators, and select partners committed to reducing the risk of cyber and physical security threats to the industry across North America by providing unique insights, leadership, and collaboration. Enterprise Times
• Europe remains a center of opportunity, offering both global leadership and a stable policy environment for trade and investment. Allen Overy
• To foster multilateral trade and prosperity for everyone, Canada will continue its work to reform and strengthen global systems, including through Canada's ongoing leadership of the Ottawa Group on WTO reform. GAC
• The UK will further co-lead an international capability coalition to supply cutting-edge drones to Ukraine, alongside Latvia, alongside the UK's co-leadership of the international maritime capability coalition announced in December. GOV.UK
• The upcoming 18 A process already has Intel confident it will regain process leadership in 2025 when rivals such as AMD and Apple have been tapping Taiwan's TSMC to build PC processors using a 2-nanometer node. PCMAG
• Executives with two companies developing commercial space stations called on NASA and Congress to take fiscal and policy steps to avoid a space station gap they feared could cede leadership in low Earth orbit to China. SpaceNews
• With six years left to fulfill Liberia's Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, all eyes are on the Boakai administration - for leadership more than anything else - to ensure that Africa's oldest independent republic reaches its development targets. allAfrica.com
• With the world's two superpowers involved, multilateral negotiation would create opportunities for them to play a leadership role in managing geopolitical conflicts while prioritizing cooperation in building resilient supply chains for the green transition. Tess
• Council members should show leadership by holding open discussions to develop a plan that averts the risk of mass starvation in Sudan and imposing targeted sanctions on the individuals responsible for obstructing aid. Human Rights Watch
• ABB has opened its refitted US robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which will support ABB Robotics' global leadership in developing and manufacturing cutting-edge robotic solutions in the US, for the US and the Americas. Automation.com
• As more nations develop NEO survey and mitigation capabilities of their own in the coming years, NASA will continue to provide leadership in coordinating and conducting planetary defence efforts on a global scale. New Space Economy
• The Palestinians have been resolute in their leadership at least to become independent and regain all of Israel to its own Palestinian ethnicity, but there is no right for an ethnicity to become a state, whatever Woodrow Wilson thought, but only whether an ethnicity will persist and perhaps prevail. Wenglinsky Review
• If diplomacy proves ineffective, and the risk of regional conflict escalates, the possibility of a change in leadership within Ethiopia cannot be entirely disregarded. WardheerNews
• The UAE's leadership will be crucial for WTO members to reach a consensus on substantive issues such as the changes initiated at the previous ministerial meeting. The Gulf Time Newspaper
• For South Korea, S4D 3 presents a unique opportunity to solidify and further build on its regional and global leadership in advancing democracy, transparency, and accountability. Brookings
• China's policy is driven autocratically by a single man who is much less well disposed towards a more capitalist economy than his predecessor was; and while Narendra Modi is undeniably a strong leader, his leadership will be tested by democratic elections in May. Investec
• Students can transform their perspectives on global leadership and undergo personal development to translate their ideas into change-making opportunities within their own contexts. King's College London
• Markets like Vietnam and the Philippines present vast opportunities, but certain categories may still be too nascent for complex innovations and will take a longer time to penetrate given a challenging distribution landscape and the leadership of incumbents. Euromonitor

Last updated: 14 April 2024