Leading Change in a Complex World: Transdisciplinary Perspectives

Leading Change in a Complex World : Transdisciplinary Perspectives is a new transdisciplinary book offering tools for leaders, analysts and students of leadership to navigate in complex and interconnected settings. It proposes an analytical framework based on complexity, relational leadership, and dynamic change. Individual chapters examine these ideas in relation to topical societal, organisational and business challenges such as the changing global security environment, urbanisation, demographic changes, and business-government relations. The leadership roles of heads of states and societal stakeholders are analysed, and versatile leadership and management practices from conflict management to evaluation are introduced. The possibilities for change are examined through global megatrends, shifting global power blocs, changes in consumer practices, as well as those emanating from abstract concepts such as the circular economy.

Contents Chapter 1

• Introduction: Leadership for Dealing with Complex Changes / Anni Kangas, Johanna Kujala, Antti Lönnqvist, Anna Heikkinen & Harri Laihonen

Part I: A Complex World Chapter 2

• Stakeholder Engagement in the Generation of Urban Ecosystem Services / Anna Heikkinen, Jere Nieminen, Johanna Kujala, Hannele Mäkelä, Ari Jokinen & Outi Lehtonen

Chapter 3

• Organising Complexity: Creating Boundary Objects for Sustainable Urban Development / Ilari Karppi & Jarmo Vakkuri

Chapter 4

• Security Dynamics: Multilayered Security Governance in an Age of Complexity, Uncertainty, and Resilience / Tapio Juntunen & Sirpa Virta

Chapter 5

• Supporting Longer Working Careers in Organisations: Challenges and Complexities / Hanna Salminen

Chapter 6

• International Taxation and the Complex Case of Digitalisation / Martti Nieminen

Part II: Relational Leadership Chapter 7

• A Stakeholder Approach to Value Creation and Leadership / Johanna Kujala, Hanna Lehtimäki & R. Edward Freeman

Chapter 8

• Leading Change: A Customer Value Framework / Mika Yrjölä, Hannu Kuusela, Elina Närvänen, Timo Rintamäki & Hannu Saarijärvi

Chapter 9

• Conflicts in Leading and Managing Change: Towards a Reflexive Practice / Paula Rossi

Chapter 10

• Evaluation as a Tool for Leading Change / Pasi-Heikki Rannisto & Anna Saloranta

Chapter 11

• Leadership that Drives Social Change with Performance Measures / Tomi Rajala

Chapter 12

• Presidents, Institutions, and the Quest for Coherent Leadership / Tapio Raunio

Chapter 13

• Company Directors’ Key Duties and Business Judgment Rule / Janne Ruohonen

Part III: Dynamic Change Chapter 14

• Consumer-citizens as Leaders of Change: Case Food Waste / Elina Närvänen, Malla Mattila & Nina Mesiranta

Chapter 15

• Can Abstract Ideas Generate Change? The Case of the Circular Economy / Erkki-Jussi Nylén

Chapter 16

• Leadership for a Pluralistic Order? Assessing BRICS and Development Finance / Marko Juutinen

Chapter 17

• Megatrends in the Insurance and Financial Sector / Raimo Voutilainen & Lasse Koskinen

Afterword

• Leadership for Change: How Did We Get There and Where Do We Go From Here? / Arja Ropo