Stephen Barber
Professor of Global Affairs.
Expert in government, political economy, strategic leadership and industry 4.0
reclaiming the revolution - out now.
Extraordinary Adventures in Politics and Leadership at the Inflection Point of Industry 4.0
In this illuminating book, Stephen Barber redefines the Fourth Industrial Revolution for our politics, our societies and those who seek to lead. The book argues that this is a rare opportunity to reappraise how we organise our economy, how we make decisions and how our leaders behave.
Told through a series of extraordinary adventures stretching from the past and reaching into our future, the book demonstrates that the most important determinant of what comes next is not so much digital change than human values and uniquely human skills. But it warns that our politics and our leadership are far from ready for the task ahead. In Reclaiming the Revolution we meet the robot working in a care home and a champion debater who might have met his match. We discover the significance of a Teton horse in the 1990s to the state of political disruption today and what we can learn from the nineteenth century electronic telegraph about creativity and the hollowing out of the economy.
The technological transformation ahead is not something that should simply done to us. It has to mean more collaboration with humanity, more political deliberation and the injection of trust into leadership everywhere. We are at the inflection point of a fantastic revolution and it must be reclaimed.
ISBN- 13:9781915643773
Publisher: Legend Press
Publication date: 05/23/2023
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.37(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
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Profile at the University of East London
'The Case for Doing Nothing' on BBC Radio 4
'The Case for Doing Nothing' on BBC Radio 4
Where I am Professor of Global Affairs
'The Case for Doing Nothing' on BBC Radio 4
'The Case for Doing Nothing' on BBC Radio 4
'The Case for Doing Nothing' on BBC Radio 4
Which I wrote and presented
Profile at the Global Policy Institute
International Public Management Network
International Public Management Network
Where I am a Senior Research Fellow
International Public Management Network
International Public Management Network
International Public Management Network
Where I am a Board Member and Co-Editor of the journal IPMR