In a fast-changing world profoundly transformed by the pandemic and the blistering advance of technology, a world in which the past offers ever less guidance, the CEO’s job is being reconceived.
For the star CEOs of the 21st century, success will depend heavily on their ability to confront a pair of almost contradictory requirements: They must plumb their deepest humanity, and they must foresee technology’s greatest opportunities and threats. Mastering either challenge is difficult. Mastering both is extraordinary—but then, that’s what CEOs are supposed to be.
