Diversity and PERMA-nent positive leadership to benefit from industry 4.0 and Kondratieff 6.0

Abstract

This paper introduces the PERMA model of Martin Seligman and the Positive Leadership model of Kim Cameron. The authors discuss the need to apply these models in software development teams, together with managing the diversity of people, languages and systems, as prerequisites of benefiting from Industry 4.0 and the 6th Kondratieff wave. The Global Trends 2030 and current mega-trends, such as Industry 4.0 require strategies on how to cope with and benefit from diversity of systems, as well as from the linguistic and human diversity in teams and societies.