Blog Introduction Merging Futuring and Innovation with an Emotional Leadership Paradigm

Tell me about yourself

                I am a third-year DBA (Doctor Business Administration) student at Colorado Technical University (CTU), finishing my last elective course in Computer Science CS875 Futuring and Innovation. My dissertation topic is the benefits of merging emotions and leadership and the strategies of implementing a system-thinking approach (Senge, 2006) to create a sustainable and competitive advantage for organizational outcomes and behaviors. I have created an emotional leadership paradigm (ELP) (see Figure 1) to help illustrate how leaders can use emotional intelligence (EI) when understanding their own & others’ emotions to create organizational outcomes. 

Figure 1. Emotional leadership paradigm (ELP) Copyright 2019

Leaders who use EI in recognizing emotional labor (EL) or emotional contagions (EC) better equip organizations in decision-making and the implementation of OCM with reduce resistance. Walter (2011) research found leaders who used EI leadership behaviors positively influenced followers.  Leaders need the ability to use EI and self-awareness in OCM to respond, understand behaviors, and increase performance (Bradberry, 2009, 2015; Goleman, 1995).

Research Question

How can an Emotional Leadership Paradigm (ELP) control the transference of emotional contagions for successful OCM (organizational change management)?

This Class CS875

              This class is futuring and innovation, which is challenging me to research the fourth industrial revolution of technology and innovation. Nathan’s (2015) responsible innovation process model is a stakeholder-oriented circular model of innovation that will be looked at among others. This blog will be using a reflective approach to ongoing research examining the latest technologies and resources available now and within the next 10-20 years and their application to business administration. My goal in this class and blog is to reflect on the usefulness, ethical, economic, and practical application of technologies and innovation to create organizational competitive advantage and a sustainable corporate social responsibility (CSR). 

References

Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. (2009). Emotional intelligence 2.0 San Diego, CA: Talent Smart.

Bradberry, T., & Antonakis, J. (2015). Is emotional intelligence a good measure of leadership ability? HR Magazine, 60(9), 22-23. Retrieved from https://shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/pages/1115-emotional-intelligence.aspx

Goleman, D. P. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ for character, health and lifelong achievement. New York, NY: Bantam books.

 Nathan, Ganesh. (2015). Innovation process and ethics in technology: An approach to ethical (responsible) innovation governance. Journal on Chain and Network Science. 15. 119-134. 10.3920/JCNS2014.x018.

Senge, PM (2006) The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Doubleday.

Walter, F., Cole, M. S., & Humphrey, R. H. (2011). Emotional intelligence: Sine qua non of leadership or folderol? Academy of Management Perspectives, 25(1), 45-59. doi:10.5465/amp.25.1.45