Tips to Become a Renaissance Manager

Five hundred years ago, the world underwent an upheaval, leading to an eruption of genius known as the Renaissance. Today we are in the midst of another paradigm shift. The danger is we will ignore what we know about the global climate system, the global financial system and intergenerational poverty, and repeat history's mistakes. In this article based on their book, Age of Discovery, the authors draw parallels between the past Renaissance and the present age to suggest what business leaders can do to address the big, enduring shifts of our time. By adopting a broader perspective of the complex human challenges before us, we may one day regard this point in history as our own Renaissance.