BUSINESS SUCCESS
LIFTING NEW VOICES
The New Voices Behind the Leaders of the Future
The BOSS Leaders of the Future committee provides a platform for emerging voices to explore innovative ideas and strategies. In the second part of our interviews with the new faces leading the committee forward, JAMES DAY of Durable talks about working with the next generation of business leaders
Hi James, thanks for joining us. Tell us, what are
some of the projects/initiatives/plans you are most excited about implementing over the next year or so with Leaders of the Future?
they need to strive for more responsibility and larger remits within the industry. I feel there is a huge amount of energy, ideas and agility in this group, and it would be great to see this subsection have a greater and greater impact within the industry.
We are very much at the early stage of planning what the next two years look like for Leaders of the Future, so the most exciting part
In your opinion, what are the big changes you think the
really is the potential to take it in any direction we feel would best
industry needs to instigate in the next few years?
serve the community. There are some really exciting ideas that I don’t
I think the industry needs to be more open to change and accepting to
want to give away at this stage but the premise we have is a strong
new methods of work. Just because something has worked well for the
one! We don’t want to make sweeping alterations to the format or
last 10 years, doesn’t mean it necessarily will for the next 10! From my
regularity of meetings. We think of it more as continuing the good
perspective, we need more evolution – every business has a starting point,
work to add value to this already thriving community.
however far or close that is to the aspired way of working. Change doesn’t happen overnight, and the trick is slowly evolving towards that aspiration.
You’ve always been an advocate for leading change, but what matters most to you when it comes to
So, how do we find the perfect balance
I want to aid in changing the attitude towards younger, less
In short, the balance will never be perfect in my opinion –
experienced people within the industry – through the Leaders of The
the trick is effectively identifying situations that need experience
Future committee it is our aim to give younger professionals the tools
and those that need innovation.
making a change in the industry and why?
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between experience and innovation?