Will the economy slow down? Will yet another industry get disrupted? Will robots finally take over the world? There are many unknowns when it comes to 2020, but one thing is certain: Managers will matter more than ever.
Through our research at LifeLabs Learning, we’ve come to realize that managers are hot spots of culture, engagement, and productivity in their organizations. The term hot spot refers to an area of highest transmission efficiency for a contagion. Instead of attempting to prevent malaria in an entire population, for example, epidemiologists focus their efforts on hot spots to make the most impact with the fewest resources and in the shortest time. Hot spots allow malaria and, on a brighter note, malaria prevention efforts to scale.
