About the Book
Humility Is the New Smart is a book about human excellence — how human beings can excel at the skills that smart machines and smart robots will not be able to do well in the next few decades. It is our Paul Revere’s ride — a call to action — the smart machines are coming and we humans must take our cognitive and emotional skills to a much higher level and this book puts forth a game plan of how to do that.
In Hess's Words...
“This book is the most important book I have written. Why? We are on the leading-edge of a societal transformation that will be as challenging and transformative as the Industrial Revolution was for our ancestors and we as a society and as individuals are not ready for what is fixing to hit us. In the next 10-15 years, technology will take over millions of jobs including professional jobs. To stay relevant, we human beings need to excel at doing those skills that technology won’t be able to do well: higher order critical thinking, creativity, innovation and high emotional engagement with other humans.
“We humans will be in a frantic footrace with the smart machines to stay relevant. Based on science and exemplars, we offer a new story about human excellence called NewSmart along with four NewSmart Behaviors that we believe will be necessary to excel at doing the skills that technology can’t do well. Our book is a game plan for how you can stay relevant. It is “how to” book – how to take your thinking, listening, relating and collaborating skills to much higher levels.
"We invite you to join us in the pursuit of the type of human excellence that will be necessary the Smart Machine Age."
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Contents
INTRODUCTION: WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK
PART I: A NEW MENTAL MODEL FOR THE SMART MACHINE AGE1. The Smart Machine Age: A New Game Requires New Rules
2. NewSmart: A New Definition of “Smart”
3. Humility: The Gateway to Human Excellence in the SMA
PART II: NEWSMART BEHAVIORS4. Quieting Ego
5. Managing Self: Thinking and Emotions
6. Reflective Listening
7. Otherness: Emotionally Connecting and Relating to Others
8. Your NewSmart Behaviors Assessment Tool
PART III: THE NEWSMART ORGANIZATION9. Leading a NewSmart Organization
Your NewSmart Organizational Assessment Tool
EPILOGUE: OUR INVITATION TO YOU
About the Authors
Edward D. Hess
Professor of business administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. His professional experience includes twenty years as a business executive and fifteen years in academia. His research and twelve books have a common theme: how organizations and individuals can be consistent high performers. His work has been featured in over 350 global media outlets.
Katherine Ludwig
Research, editing, and publishing associate at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Previously she was a corporate finance and securities lawyer and associate general counsel for a public technology company. - Reviews
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INTRODUCTION: WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK
PART I: A NEW MENTAL MODEL FOR THE SMART MACHINE AGE
1. The Smart Machine Age: A New Game Requires New Rules
2. NewSmart: A New Definition of “Smart”
3. Humility: The Gateway to Human Excellence in the SMA
PART II: NEWSMART BEHAVIORS
4. Quieting Ego
5. Managing Self: Thinking and Emotions
6. Reflective Listening
7. Otherness: Emotionally Connecting and Relating to Others
8. Your NewSmart Behaviors Assessment Tool
PART III: THE NEWSMART ORGANIZATION
9. Leading a NewSmart Organization
Your NewSmart Organizational Assessment Tool
EPILOGUE: OUR INVITATION TO YOU
About the Authors
Edward D. Hess
Professor of business administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. His professional experience includes twenty years as a business executive and fifteen years in academia. His research and twelve books have a common theme: how organizations and individuals can be consistent high performers. His work has been featured in over 350 global media outlets.
Katherine Ludwig
Research, editing, and publishing associate at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Previously she was a corporate finance and securities lawyer and associate general counsel for a public technology company.