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Given how little the practice of management has changed over the past several decades, it's hardly surprising that most people have a hard time imagining how management might be reinvented. In this chapter, the author considers the evolution of modern management and the challenges managers face in t... More

In this chapter, the author identifies some roadblocks to innovation, and suggests that in order to maximize the chances for precedent-breaking management innovation, managers should devote themselves to a problem that is consequential and inspiring, essential and laudable. This chapter was original... More

This chapter provides a portrait of Whole Foods Market and its game-changing business model, in which a company is not just a company but a community of people working to make a difference in the world, and mission matters as much as the bottom line. This chapter was originally published as chapter ... More

This chapter profiles W.L. Gore & Associates--an organization built around a set of radical management principles diametrically opposed to much of modern business orthodoxy--where imagination, initiative, and innovation thrive. This chapter was originally published as chapter 5 of "The Future of Man... More

This chapter takes an in-depth look at Google's one-of-a-kind management model, which is built around small work units, lots of experimentation, vigorous peer feedback, and a mission to improve the world. This chapter was originally published as chapter 6 of "The Future of Management."... More

When your company is deeply conventional and has been for decades, how do you get the ball rolling? This chapter discusses how to wage war against precedent to encourage breakthrough management thinking. This chapter was originally published as chapter 7 of "The Future of Management."... More

Embracing fresh principles is a foundational part of a systematic approach to reinventing management. This chapter addresses the challenge of adaptability--the central imperative to competitive success in a world of accelerating change. This chapter was originally published as chapter 8 of "The Futu... More

According to the author, uncommon insights often come from uncommon places. This chapter suggests that in order to glimpse the future of management, you must search for "positive deviants"--organizations and social systems that defy the norms of conventional practice. This chapter was originally pub... More

While most companies have been hard at work reinventing their business processes over the last decade, few have devoted a similar degree of energy and imagination to reinventing their management processes. Proving there are exceptions to the rule, this chapter focuses on IBM and Best Buy, organizati... More

Isolated initiatives and one-time projects are no substitute for a sustained, companywide campaign of breakthrough management innovation. This chapter is designed to help you sketch out a blueprint for making management innovation less of an aberration and more of a systematic capability. This chapt... More

Brick by Brick takes you inside the LEGO you've never seen. By following the teams that are inventing some of the world's best-loved toys, it spotlights the company's disciplined approach to harnessing creativity and recounts one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent memory. Bri... More

What fuels long-term business success? Not operational excellence, technology breakthroughs, or new business models, but management innovation-new ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources, and formulating strategies. Through history, management innovation has enabled companies to cross new pe... More

In this imaginative debut, the tale of Noah's Ark is brilliantly recast as a story of fate and family, set in a near-future London.Over the course of a single night in 2052, a homeless man named Cuthbert Handley sets out on an astonishing quest: to release the animals of the London Zoo. When he was ... More

How to create a company that not only sustains, but surpasses-that moves beyond the imperative to be "less bad" and embrace an ethos to be "all good" From the Inspired Protagonist and Chairman of Seventh Generation, the country's leading brand of household products and a pioneering "good company," c... More

This chapter provides a detailed examination of management innovation, which, compared to other kinds of innovation, has an unmatched power to create dramatic and enduring shifts in competitive advantage. This chapter was originally published as chapter 2 of "The Future of Management."... More

On quick observation, the Quaker lifestyle boasts peace, solitude, and simplicity--qualities that are attractive to any believer of any denomination or religion. Yet living a life of faith is not as simple as it may look. In fact, it's often characterized more by the stumbles than the grace. "When ... More

An invitation to experience more fully the life-changing power of sacred silence For over a decade, J. Brent Bill's Holy Silence has been regarded as a contemporary classic on sacred silence. With warmth, wisdom, and gentle humor, Bill presents the Quaker practice of silence and expectant listening ... More

An invitation to experience more fully the life-changing power of sacred silence For over a decade, J. Brent Bill's Holy Silence has been regarded as a contemporary classic on sacred silence. With warmth, wisdom, and gentle humor, Bill presents the Quaker practice of silence and expectant listening ... More

If you're new to GitHub, this concise book shows you just what you need to get started and no more. It's perfect for project and product managers, stakeholders, and other team members who want to collaborate on a development project--whether it's to review and comment on work in progress or to contr... More

Do you long for deeper communion with God? Spiritual director Jennie Isbell and Quaker minister Brent Bill know how easy it is to lapse into repetitious refrains of prayer: "Our hearts told us that we had lapsed into easy God speak. We weren't reaching deep into our spirits and drawing out living w... More

What people groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the Hurrians and why do they matter? What do we know about the Philistines, the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and others? <p><p> In this up-to-date volume, leading experts introduce the peoples and places of the... More

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A comprehensive and wide-ranging introduction to operational hotel management, this textbook brings together business administration, management and entrepreneurship into a complete overview of the discipline. Essential reading for students of hospitality management, the book also benefits from onli... More

What is it that makes a manager or a politician a successful decision maker? Our first inclination would be to say decisiveness and substance. Many managers who met those criteria, however, had to abandon the field in the past several years. The authors of Process Management regard a manager as s... More

Love Inspired brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope.SECOND CHANCE REUNIONVillage of HopeMerrillee WhrenAfter a troubled past, Annie Payton is on the road to recovery. Now she must convince her ex-husb... More