Mostafa Sayyadi

The Change Leader Consulting Inc. · Leadership

The crucial role in developing transformational leadership skills for the future is at the heart of business acumen today and while our model worked in this environment, we encourage additional experimentation using the magic spark model. In our experiment, we found a new way of leadership succession planning which is crucial for business success....

The article explores how to assign accountability when artificial intelligence systems are involved in decision-making. As A.I. becomes more widespread, who should be held responsible if these systems make poor choices is unclear. The traditional top-down accountability model from executives to managers faces challenges with A.I.’s black box nature...

Companies need to focus on diversity and inclusion by making it a priority. Leaders need to put in place programs to help people question their existing beliefs and move them towards more inclusive attitudes. These behavior changes take work and continuous learning. Change can be painful because it involves unlearning deep biases. To manage this, c...

There is growing interest in the global marketplace on innovation. For example, Tesla dominates Electric Vehicle (EV) sales but is losing market share to more affordable EVs from competitors, including Ford and Hyundai. A recent Forbes article captures the innovative momentum today, “With the rapid pace of technology, innovation is making SpaceX mo...

Japanese leadership style has encompassed worldwide success and criticism. For example, Toyota is an example of a leading and successful Japanese company in industry. With its new and creative ideas, this company was able to rebuild the marginalized image of Japanese cars in the international business scene and take a large share of the car market...

We are in the new age of AI disruption and uncertainty and if we do not create a transformation in corporate culture, our business will be in chaos. Customers prefer smart homes, smart workplaces, smart friends, and most importantly, smart bosses. Customers also experience interaction with technology more intuitive, innovative, and enjoyable. Organ...

Building a dynamic and values-based company is more about the intangible elements of the organization than the financial balance sheet. The capabilities of organizations far exceed profitability potential. People, teams, and structure are the true drivers of success. The aim of this article is to present an intergrade HR leadership theory to effect...

The emergence of artificial intelligence has left multidimensional effects on companies across the globe. CEOs should consider the success of artificial intelligence as a future competitive advantage, which requires the development of new leadership. There is a change in the leadership style, followed by the emergence of new conceptual skills that...

There are some business leaders who like to look at academic journals but unfortunately, the crossover literature has not reached them enough. In this article, we attempt to blend scholarly concepts with real-world applications. This article is about how companies need to focus on having all different kinds of people included and treated fairly. Le...

In the wake of the worst pandemic since the turn of the century, knowledge management strategy implementation has developed into a worldwide phenomenon. The tumultuous post-pandemic is a survival ground as concerts, Broadway plays, restaurants, and organizations open for business. We wondered if the effective implementation of this strategy is a pr...

Change has been posited as important today by some of the top journals such as Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Muma Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review, but what exactly does the change mean to you? For example, the COVID-19 change is certainly tantamount to many people’s minds. That change is so broad, readers v...

Artificial intelligence is one of the most fascinating developments that the business world is facing. In the right hands, it could be positive while in the wrong hands, it could be devastating. In the 1990s, it was tech-savvy people that were in demand, today it is computer espionage people in demand as the world becomes even more complex with the...

On June 5, 2024, Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, stated in open forum quite unequivocally: "We are playing Russian roulette with our planet. We need an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell. Indeed, climate change is a global challenge to sustainable development." And an applied solution to this global challenge is a...

Transactions have entered an era of disruption. Traditional bureaucratic tools of the past to manage transactions are not as efficient. Many transactions can be tracked and stored with a code and a digital signature, and many of the large fees that were paid to intermediaries have been removed. This transformation and innovation is the result of th...

There is a growing interest in corporate structure and knowledge management. JPMorgan’s hard-charging chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has been quietly telling senior managers that he expects the mega-bank’s rank and file to be in their seats at the office 5 days a week. While Goldman Sachs, demanded well over a year ago that everyone return to its of...

The California Management Review journal has published our paper about a new model that brings new thinking. This model solves a problem other models haven't - ensuring high-quality data when using AI systems for decision-making. It combines data cleaning, rules for AI algorithms, and accountability for AI decisions.

The research presents the Data Quality Funnel Model to improve business decision-making and flexibility, by making data more accurate, reliable, and valuable data for AI systems. This model talks about the critical role of machine learning and predictive analytics. They can effectively enable business strategy and, thus, growth when companies can c...

The article starts by looking at the roots of corporate social innovation, which come from ideas like corporate social responsibility and social innovation. It then shows how these ideas are connected but also different, clearly understanding what each one is and how corporate social innovation works. Finally, the best leadership practices for corp...

The article explains how organizations can develop effective leadership in digital technologies. Topics discussed include relationship between market value and effective leadership in digital technologies, significance of investment, cost reduction and increasing profit, role of organizational design and information technology system in the growth...

Effective business decisions are a goal that cannot be achieved lightly. Senior managers around the world achieve their effective business decisions, not as written words but by taking machine learning and predictive analytics and making meaning of them by implementing AI as part of their strategy. To overcome data quality challenges, companies sho...

Undergraduate business students in North America are often unfamiliar with the business process and they frequently fail to identify why employees want to work in the corporate world. This article suggests the film titled “Patterns” created by United Artists in 1956, as an effective exercise for familiarizing management students with the fundamenta...

Today, we face countless opportunities and threats from knowledge management in the era of artificial intelligence. Taking advantage of these opportunities and avoiding the growing threats requires adopting a new form of strategy. This new strategy considers rationale as the most important pillar of corporate success. We call this new strategy “Gen...

Culture is a term that we take for granted in today's business world. We show up and worry about customers, finances, expenses, marketing, stocks, bonds, and investments and culture is kicked to the side. We are in the age of digital disruption and uncertainty and if we do not embrace culture, our business will be in chaos. Customers prefer smart h...

With Mostafa and Luca in senior management consulting roles in the UK and Australia and Michael as Andreas School of Business senior faculty professor, we found several gaps in the literature, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence and leadership: there needs to not only be better leadership but also an authentic leadership approach. A...

Japanese companies, led by bureaucratic management have not stifled innovation. In fact, the rigidity of leadership functions has led to the management by objectives (MBO) style of leadership decision-making. MBO, while criticized for rigidly, works. Look at Chrysler under the leadership of Lee Iacocca, who led the way in the automotive industry du...

Today, we face countless opportunities and threats from artificial intelligence. Taking advantage of these opportunities and avoiding the growing threats of artificial intelligence requires adopting a new approach to HR. This new approach considers "people" as one of the pillars of success and increases effectiveness in the era of artificial intell...

The article discusses the traditional management consulting business model, sending consultants to identify and solve problems, is facing serious threats to its survival and continuity due to disruptions, artificial intelligence (AI), and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The article emphasizes the need for management consulting organizations...

An applied solution to the leadership development dilemma is a common interest point for all companies in the US. Toyota's way can teach American business leaders how to develop leadership more effectively. This article presents a road map that can be used to improve the effectiveness of leadership development and build a more stable future for Ame...

Jackson Breaks is a young, up and coming executive, sometimes referred to as a “YUPPY.” He is happy and content working for an Investment Bank in Manhattan, New York, USA. COVID-19 was basically coming to an end with variants and some people still being challenged by the epidemic. With COVID-19 subsiding, Jack got a phone call that would change may...

On November 2, 1978, the Detroit Free Press ran two big headlines. The first, "Chrysler in the Valley of Loss," and the second, "Lee Iacocca joins Chrysler." A savior was born. Haphazardly looking was the CEO John J. Riccardo's office. Iacocca immediately understood why Chrysler was on the brink of failure---no order. Besides the fact that Riccardo...

Companies can use creative strategies called Corporate Social Innovation to grow their business while also helping society. They can solve social problems by using their skills and resources in new ways. To do this well, companies need to focus on shared values, spread awareness of issues, and build cultures open to socially-conscious new ideas. Th...

Creativity, innovation, and higher business performance require learning and sharing of best practices and experiences among employees. In this article, we show how job redesign and knowledge extraction can be effectively led by senior executives to develop knowledge sharing and inspire employees to create more creative and innovative ideas for bet...

Leadership has been a circumstance, an event, and a mode of operation, and executives follow recipes. Some recipes are used once, and some are thrown in the trash. The ones that are in focus are those that reap the largest benefits to the stakeholders. In practice, leadership is a set of roles that inspire employees and become role models for them....

As the world recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, the world economy is still in flux. Many jobs disappeared from the scene as many organizations adjust their workforce. Attracting the best skills and best talent has also been a challenge for many organizations. Traditional recruitment methods are outdated, and our recommendation is to move to use a c...

The leadership literature often emphasizes innovation coupled with disruption as a source of competitive advantage based on the assumption that, without it, organizations constrain social progress in organizations. We identify a new model that comprehensively considers not only disruptive innovation but also the social impact of future decision-mak...

The paradox of motivation is explored. Emphasis is placed on a contingency framework evaluating which organizations are likely to benefit from motivational processes (i.e., intrinsic-extrinsic rewards) and which are more likely to pursue them. Drawing on the positive organizational behavior literature (social learning theory) and self-determination...

Before things became Digital, there was Analog, now digital transformation is a new and exciting journey. Like any journey, organizations must first determine where on the digital divide and where they want to go. Organizations must have a clear vision. Going through the evolution stages of digital transformation is a step-by-step endeavor. Digital...

Designing and implementing HR strategy in today's turbulent digital world is more difficult and complicated. In a competitive environment, where organisations are constantly seeking emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and capitalising on data-driven customer preferences, the importance of emerging digital technologies must be embr...

Machine learning (ML) and predictive analytics (PA) can provide invaluable assistance for forecasting trends and informing decision-making using data. Considering the business strategy agility as a quick response to market dynamics, this article presents solutions to enhance data quality and management, model interpretation ability, and availabilit...