Interview Of The Week

Interview Of The Week: Katherine Daniell

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Who: Professor Katherine Daniell, PhD, is the current Director of the Australian National University’s School of Cybernetics in the College of Systems and Society. Trained in engineering, arts and public policy, her work bridges multiple domains including multi-level governance, leadership, artificial intelligence, politics and cultures of innovation, and international science and technology cooperation. She was a speaker at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of The New Champions in Tianjin, China in June

Topic: Leading through complexity

Quote: “Leading through complexity, with continuous technology and other disruptions, requires different sets of leaders in boardrooms and running organizations. It’s no longer about being the smartest, or most empathetic person in the room, but finding people to lead who can develop collective systems awareness and agility.”

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About the author

Jennifer L. Schenker

Jennifer L. Schenker, an award-winning journalist, has been covering the global tech industry from Europe since 1985, working full-time, at various points in her career for the Wall Street Journal Europe, Time Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Red Herring and BusinessWeek. She is currently the editor-in-chief of The Innovator, an English-language global publication about the digital transformation of business. Jennifer was voted one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in Europe in 2015 and 2016 and was named by Forbes Magazine in 2018 as one of the 30 women leaders disrupting tech in France. She has been a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers judge for 20 years. She lives in Paris and has dual U.S. and French citizenship.