--- title: "After the Virus: What is the Future of Leadership?" description: COVID19 has compressed 10 years worth of leadership lessons into a single year. What are you learning, unlearning or relearning as you pivot in the future? image: https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hubfs/Technology%20doesnt%20sleep.%20Machines%20learn%20while%20you%20rest.%20(2).png --- [![ASN Logo New](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images_Compressed/ASN%20Logo%20New.png?width=203&height=95&name=ASN%20Logo%20New.png) ](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com) # Decoding Tomorrow: Futurism and Foresights Today Foresights and ideas that expand minds and inspire a change of heart. # After the Virus: What is the Future of Leadership? Posted by [Anders](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/author/anders) on June 11, 2020 ![Anders](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d614bfaf05c76fba53508b0a7f68214b) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The post-COVID19 era is one that will look vastly different from the one we left behind. **10 years worth of leadership lessons and digital transformation have been crammed into a single year - 2020**.   There has never been a time when it has been more important as a leader **to learn, unlearn and relearn, as the eminent futurist Alvin Toffler put it**. Sadly, some people who are being laid off today will never get back into productivity - either because their skills are not relevant for a digitised workplace, or because their thinking / execution is being carried out by a robot or an AI. Yes, this does sounds dystopian, but it really is a **call to arms for humans** to reconnect with our curiosity, our creativity and our humanity, and to spur new learning, new business models, and to craft ideas for a new economy - the [2nd Renaissance](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/beyond-the-virus-2nd-renaissance-jobs-of-the-future). **When did you last learn something new or change your mind about something?** This viral Black Swan event has been challenging all of our perceptions, senses and assumptions. **The question is what the 'new you' will look like beyond the lockdown?** ** **   Do you want to learn more about Futurist Anders Sörman-Nilsson's Foresights? For an example of leadership pivots, check out the [**Microsoft x Thinque paper**](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/retail-resilience-how-ai-helps-retailers-accelerate-out-of-the-curve) on how **retail leaders** are digitally transforming and pivoting their businesses in the *Future of Retail: How Artificial Intelligence is Powering Australian Retail in 2020 and Beyond - *a paper that lays down a 6 Step framework for making successful advancements with AI in Retail. 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