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This first chapter of the book defines systems engineering leadership, provides an overview of the four areas of emerging systems engineering leadership trends, and highlights the themes and primary topics addressed by the remaining book chapters. The emerging trends are grouped by (1) the growing demand for certain essential skills (historically called soft skills); (2) the increased recognition of an integral need for diversity, equity, and inclusion; (3) the broadening of systems engineering leadership facets to emphasize systems thinking, ethics, and utilitarianism; and (4) the rate of technological change and its impacts with relation to systems resilience and the digital enterprise. Twenty-six female authors apply practical experience, related research, and applicable case studies to explore these emerging trends in the eleven chapters that follow. The chapter concludes with a call to action for a systems approach to global leadership.
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Squires, A.F., Wheaton, M.J., Feli, H.J. (2022). Introducing Systems Engineering Leadership and Emerging Trends. In: Squires, A.F., Wheaton, M.J., Feli, H.J. (eds) Emerging Trends in Systems Engineering Leadership. Women in Engineering and Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08950-3_1
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