255 The Path to Meaningful Work and Happiness in the Age of Smart Technology and Radical Change With Edward Hess UVA Darden Emeritus Professor | Partnering Leadership Global Thought Leader

In this Partnering Leadership conversation, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Edward D. Hess. Ed Hess is a Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia. Ed Hess is the author of 15 books, including OWN YOUR WORK JOURNEY: The Path to Meaningful Work and Happiness in the Age of Smart Technology and Radical Change. In the conversation, Ed Hess shares why the rapid speed of technological change drastically differs from the previous eras and the impact it will have on companies and individuals.   Ed Hess then shares the importance of becoming adaptive learners, its value to organizations, and strategies on how individuals can do that. Finally, Ed Hess shares specific ideas on becoming adaptive learners to keep up with the speed of change and quiet our egos for greater happiness and resilience through turbulence.    

Some Highlights: 

- The importance of being an adaptive learner

- Ed Hess on three ways to add value in a way that technology can't

- How to listen effectively and its importance

- Why quieting the ego is hard and why it's so important

- Ed Hess on three ways to add value in a way that technology can't 

- The importance of higher-order critical thinking 

- How to build caring, trusting, positive emotional relationships

- Ed Hess on the value of mindfulness and meditation

- How to become an iterative problem solver 

Mentioned in this episode:

Partnering Leadership Conversation with Professor Edward Hess on How to Adapt to the Speed of Change Through Hyper Learning and Humility

Connect with Professor Edward Hess:

OWN YOUR WORK JOURNEY!: The Path to Meaningful Work and Happiness in the Age of Smart Technology and Radical Change 

Ed Hess at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Ed Hess on LinkedIn

Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

Mahan Tavakoli Website

Mahan Tavakoli on LinkedIn

Partnering Leadership Website