The future of successful leadership is no longer long term plans, it about combining the expertise of people across the organization in order to allow and foster a environment where the expertise of each person is put to good use. With the changes of technology and growing external risk, agility and flexibility is becoming more crucial in high functioning work environment. Top leaders and changing the long practiced hierarchy, providing leadership opportunities across the board, with the idea that with more autonomy, comes more innovation. Kate Isaacs, a MIT lecturer said that top leaders aren’t expected to be the “smartest in the room.” “but rather to architect the gameboard where as many people as possible have permission to contribute the best of their expertise, their knowledge, their skills, and their ideas.”
Source: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/why-distributed-leadership-future-management
