POETRY, coding and philosophy are the subjects that Prof Roger Martin, global influencer in management strategy, design, innovation and business education, believes are most important for all who aspire to future-ready leadership in the 21st century. Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at Toronto University’s Rotman Management School and former dean of the institution, Martin spoke on strategy and innovation for transforming organisations at a breakfast hosted by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Graduate School of Business, the Bertha Centre and Deloitte. He challenged leaders in business and business education to consider whether they were sufficiently geared for the innovation challenges of the dynamic, complex environments that characterise modern economies. In Martin’s view, most US business education is failing business. It needs, he says, to wake up to a thinking that is more suited to the world, as "there is way more innovation going on in business schools" in ot...
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