The forgotten new philosophy of work, management & leadership
The forgotten new philosophy of work, management & leadership
About the Book
We can predict the position of Mars in the sky 100 years from now with stunning accuracy. Yet sometimes we can’t predict if - or when - a challenging project, a software development initiative, or a significant piece of work will be completed.
More and more often challenging projects confront us with Intractable Problems & Elusive Opportunities that evade our best efforts to estimate, plan, and control. No matter how good we are and how hard we work.
Have you ever wondered why? And more importantly, what can we do about it?
This book explores the possible answers to these questions, for current, aspiring, formal, and informal leaders.
This book is a pathway to a new philosophy of work, management & leadership. One that is suitable for the exponentially accelerating change and innovation of this digital and hyperconnected world and the ongoing Artificial Intelligence revolution.
To find this new philosophy, the book turns to new science and rediscovers forgotten innovative ideas that have already proven their effectiveness. It dares to challenge the status quo and disrupt tradition.
<< Tradition is a guide and not a jailer >> - William Somerset Maugham
This book will show you how to embrace this new philosophy. It will recommend new principles, attitudes and behaviours. It will provide examples from organizations that embraced this new philosophy and examples of concrete practice to bring this new philosophy to life.
<< To remain static is to fall behind >>
The book on Goodreads (the previous edition only for now) => https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/235165833-the-forgotten-new-philosophy-of-work-management-leadership
About the Author
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Marco Fainello
- Foreword by Sunil Mundra
- Foreword by Marcin Floryan
- Foreword by Paolo Aversa
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Intractable problems & Elusive opportunities: are something new?
- Common causes of Intractable problems & Elusive opportunities
- Today’s prevailing way of thinking and work doctrine
- The emergence of a new philosophy of work, management & leadership
- What the new philosophy is like
- Why forgotten?
- How to embrace the forgotten new philosophy
- New Attitudes & Behaviours for Leaders
- New Principles for Leaders
- More on the human element
- Examples from organisations that embraced the new philosophy
- Examples of concrete practice
- One last piece of advice on avoiding trivialisations
- Insights from distinguished practitioners
- Carol Mase, social anthropologist and author
- Tiani Jones, Socio-technologist and Keynote speaker
- Valerie McLean, creator of the McLean Loop
- John Coleman, creator of Kanplexity
- Chris Matts, creator of Real Options e co-author of Commitment
- Sonja Blignaut, creator of Waysfinder and prolific author and speaker
- Daniel Mezick, author of Inviting Leadership, The OpenSpace Agility Handbook, etc.
- Sunil Mundra, Author of Enterprise Agility
- Appendix 1: What is Complexity (Science)
- Appendix 2: Other related concepts
- Appendix 3: Common misunderstandings about complexity
- Appendix 4: How to gradually approach practice and understanding
- Appendix 5: Learning and dealing with Human Complexity in a social way
- Appendix 6: Book versions history
- About the Author
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