The Great Leaders and Opportunities in Front of Us

culled from:wobi.com

The key theme of the day was leadership. Success cases like Alsea and Bimbo have become big companies thanks to the leadership vision of their founders. With examples from Fabián Gosselin, CEO of Alsea, and Lorenzo Servitje, founder of Bimbo, the audience left with a better idea of what it means to be a good leader, what needs to be done day to day to take leadership to the next level and what opportunitiesare in front of us.

First, who are the big leaders?

“Learship is our personal opportunity to change,” said Don Tapscott who spoke first. Being a leader means generating change in the company and in the people of the team. Alondra de la Parra used her experience as orchestra director to explain. A director, like any company leader, knows the team and its talents but does not try to control. The role of a leader is to guide and to enable the team to communicate and achieve the same objective.

Then, what should a good leader do?

Before anything, a good leader recognizes his or her support of the team. Felix Baumgartner, the man that challenged the speed of light, explained the importance of humility: “Sometimes you have to climb really high to realize how small you are.”

A leader sees more than earnings. While Servitje relived the history of Bimbo, he shared some principles of the company: to be highly productive and largely human at the same time.

A good leader worries about society. Brian Solis explained that we live in a Social Economy that it is about what you do for your society.

A good leader will constantly try different things, innovate and have new ideas. Xavier Sala-i-Martin said you always have to ask questions. He said that the ideas don’t just come from scientists, the majority of ideas come from normal people.

Every speaker agreed that people and human resources are just as important as innovation and leadership. Fabián Gosselin said, “In the middle of digitalization, people are looking for contact.”

And, finally, what does the future hold?

Don Tapscott said, “The future is not something that you can predict. It is something that has to be achieved.” We need to act to achieve changes in the government, business, ourselves, leadership and education.

This change starts with us, Servitje said.

“We need young entrepreneurs with new ideas, with a new spirit, it is in their hands.” We have to dedicate ourselves to a clear objective and take the necessary risks to achieve it.

That’s how the event ended: with ideas to inspire, create relationships and change. There’s no better way to close than with a quote from Brian Solis: “I want you to leave here knowing that the future of business is in your hands. The future of business is you