A good leader should always be considering and trying to predict changes that will affect their firm, their profession and the wider world, according to Paula Higgleton, a private client partner at Deloitte.

Speaking at the fourth eprivateclient Leadership Seminar, sponsored by Ruffer LLP and held at the London offices of Deloitte, Ms Higgleton said 20 years ago the focus had been on how emerging computer and mobile phone technology would impact the sector.

She cited The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy, which was published at the time when there was no internet, computerisation of the office...