UVA Darden Professor Hess on ‘the New CEO’
By Dave Hendrick
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Ed Hess believes the coming Smart Machine Age will be as disruptive for modern society as the industrial revolution was to a previous generation.
In a special multimedia presentation in UVA Today’s Illimitable publication, Hess explains how the future of work will change, and what skills humans will need to learn in order to excel.
Rather than clinging to hierarchy or control, leaders should embrace uncertainty, ambiguity and complexity, much as “a good, courageous scientist” would, according to Hess.
“I like the scientific method analogy for the workplace, because scientists are trained to acknowledge the magnitude of their ignorance and to treat their beliefs as hypotheses to be constantly tested and subject to modification by better data,” he said. “Business people need a method to continuously learn, unlearn and relearn.”
Read more in UVA Today’s Illimitable.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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