1、23a new leadership algorithmin the perma-crisisa guide3CEOs in the perma-crisis:a new leadership algorithmExperiential knowledge shapes our world view.Although we may not be aware of it,the experience we accumulate influen ces our behavioral patterns,actions and to some extent our basic convictions.

2、This is just as true for CEOs as it is for everyone else.Their perspective as individuals is colored by what they have learned during the course of their careers:the challenges theyve faced and problems theyve solved,as well as their team relationships.All this compounded experience forms a sort of“

3、leadership algorithm“that helps C-Suite executives consciously and sub-consciously assess opportunities and risks,guides them in their decision-making and determines their individual leader-ship style.Algorithms have been around for a lot longer than computers.The idea was developed by a mathematica

4、l genius in ancient Mesopotamia 900 years ago:Al-Khwarizmi applied step-by-step rules for solving numerical problems.Since the 1940s,the term has been used in the practice of psychology to describe the cognitive mechanisms in the brain for problem-solving:a set of information processing states linki

5、ng stimulus to response.A strong algorithm in theory yields the best possible answer.The cognitive algorithms governing a persons leadership style will have evolved over many years,expanding and modifying all the time with new data and insights from countless decision-making moments and flashpoints.

6、In a time of manifold disruption and transformation,new kinds of complex and knotty problems are arising all the time that require super agile decision-making so much that the reaso n ing Prologue5capacity of CEOs is tested to the limit.Some may even be troubling over the most challenging question o