Mr. Aidan Eyakuze at The 12th Edition of The Impact Business Breakfast.

Mr. Aidan Eyakuze spoke about how leaders need to transform themselves to transform their organization

The innovation of an individual (leader)
Innovative leadership changes the world (both good and bad)

Characteristics of Innovative Leadership:
- Excellent strategic vision
- Persuasion

You need to innovate yourself in two areas:
- Become an expert thinker
- Master complex communication (to be able to influence people's behavior as you intend)

Three types of problems:
- Tame problems: difficult but with a solution at the end (e.g. building a bridge)
- Wicked problems: do not have a right answer, but a degree from worse to better (e.g. climate change, interpersonal relationships)

Innovation means constantly disrupting what you thought you knew and understood to navigate the complex environment.

5 tough challenges for opportunities:
1. Fragile and fragmented economy
2. Widening inequality within and between countries, leading to social fracture
3. Intensifying effects of climate change
4. Democracy under attack
5. Disruptive demographic transition (some countries' young population is declining)

Big opportunities in:
1. Digital and biotechnology to boost productivity globally
2. Labor export in physical or embedded form (people traveling to work, voluntarily or involuntarily)
3. Engaging and extending relationships with new dynamic emerging economies
4. Transitioning to clean energy services

We need to prioritize learning outcomes.

Complex communication:
Why do we communicate?
- To raise awareness
- To raise understanding
- To prompt action

How does complex communication link with defending democracy?
By amplifying citizens' voices, the government becomes more responsive to citizens' priorities.

Advice:
- Constantly relearn, unlearn, and renovate yourself to navigate turbulent times.
- Figure out how to communicate complexly. It’s not enough to say "I told him so, he understood." What have they done with the information and understanding you've provided?

Book recommendation:
"On Grand Strategy" by John Lewis Gaddis (it’s about how to wage campaigns and win wars)