Stan Davis is a distinguished public speaker, author, and business adviser, most known for his creative thinking and mind-stretching perspectives. His 2020 Vision was named Fortune magazine’s Best Management Book of 1991 (“the most mind-bending of the bunch”) and his influential work Future Perfect received Tom Peters’ “Book of the Decade” Award in 1989. This is what led Federal Express, in 1993, to grant him their first “Visionary of the Year Award.” His eight books appear in fifteen languages and he addresses audiences throughout the world. Dr. Davis consults about the strategy, technology, management, and organization of both major corporations and fast-growing enterprises. He taught for two decades at the Harvard Business School, and Columbia and Boston universities. He lives and works in Chestnut Hill, Boston, Massachusetts.

Tom Peters A brilliant picture of tomorrow's knowledge-based enterprise. Digest the exciting and unsettling lessons in these pages now -- or don't plan on being in business ten years from now.

• ContentsIntroduction: THE SEVEN WAYSThe Monster Under Megan's BedThe Seven WaysKnowledge for ProfitChapter 1: THE RELUCTANT HEIRFrom Church to State to BusinessThe First Time 'Round"It's Déjà Vu All Over Again"This Time the Motivation Is EconomicValues Determine Which Problems Are AdducedChapter 2: FOUR STEPS TO WISDOMAny Business Can Become a Knowledge Business1-2 Learning2-3 LearningGet SmartThe KnowledgeburgerWhen Business Becomes Educator, Consumers Become Learners3-4 Learning: So You Want to Get into the Wisdom BusinessChapter 3: THE CHATTER, THE STRING, AND THE CANValue ChainsEducating without SchoolHumanizing, the Next Technology PlatformVoice RecognitionTouch TechnologiesHandwriting RecognitionVideoPersonal AgentsInteractive MultimediaBusiness before SchoolsChapter 4: L'EARNING POWERWorlds ApartThirteen New HazardsBusiness School Hardly ChangeEducation-Intensive Companies"Corporate University" EquivalentsEven Small Companies Do ItHeal Thyself through LearningInvesting in Our FutureChapter 5: THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS A LEARNING ORGANIZATIONOrganizationitisEvery Business Will Organize around ServicesProductivity-Based OrganizationsNetworked OrganizationsThe Quest for Fast OrganizationsFlexibility in People and in OrganizationsOrganizing Smart School for Learning StudentsGlobal ReachChapter 6: THE SIX R'SThe Impact of Business on SchoolR#1 RisksR#2 ResultsR#3 RewardsR#4 RelationshipsR#5 ResearchR#6 RivalryChapter 7: FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSEBeware the Two-Tier SocietyCan We Balance Prosperity and Freedom?Take-awaysThe Seven WaysNotesAcknowledgementsIndex

Stan Davis is a distinguished public speaker, author, and business adviser, most known for his creative thinking and mind-stretching perspectives. His 2020 Vision was named Fortune magazine’s Best Management Book of 1991 (“the most mind-bending of the bunch”) and his influential work Future Perfect received Tom Peters’ “Book of the Decade” Award in 1989. This is what led Federal Express, in 1993, to grant him their first “Visionary of the Year Award.” His eight books appear in fifteen languages and he addresses audiences throughout the world. Dr. Davis consults about the strategy, technology, management, and organization of both major corporations and fast-growing enterprises. He taught for two decades at the Harvard Business School, and Columbia and Boston universities. He lives and works in Chestnut Hill, Boston, Massachusetts.

Tom Peters A brilliant picture of tomorrow's knowledge-based enterprise. Digest the exciting and unsettling lessons in these pages now -- or don't plan on being in business ten years from now.

• ContentsIntroduction: THE SEVEN WAYSThe Monster Under Megan's BedThe Seven WaysKnowledge for ProfitChapter 1: THE RELUCTANT HEIRFrom Church to State to BusinessThe First Time 'Round"It's Déjà Vu All Over Again"This Time the Motivation Is EconomicValues Determine Which Problems Are AdducedChapter 2: FOUR STEPS TO WISDOMAny Business Can Become a Knowledge Business1-2 Learning2-3 LearningGet SmartThe KnowledgeburgerWhen Business Becomes Educator, Consumers Become Learners3-4 Learning: So You Want to Get into the Wisdom BusinessChapter 3: THE CHATTER, THE STRING, AND THE CANValue ChainsEducating without SchoolHumanizing, the Next Technology PlatformVoice RecognitionTouch TechnologiesHandwriting RecognitionVideoPersonal AgentsInteractive MultimediaBusiness before SchoolsChapter 4: L'EARNING POWERWorlds ApartThirteen New HazardsBusiness School Hardly ChangeEducation-Intensive Companies"Corporate University" EquivalentsEven Small Companies Do ItHeal Thyself through LearningInvesting in Our FutureChapter 5: THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS A LEARNING ORGANIZATIONOrganizationitisEvery Business Will Organize around ServicesProductivity-Based OrganizationsNetworked OrganizationsThe Quest for Fast OrganizationsFlexibility in People and in OrganizationsOrganizing Smart School for Learning StudentsGlobal ReachChapter 6: THE SIX R'SThe Impact of Business on SchoolR#1 RisksR#2 ResultsR#3 RewardsR#4 RelationshipsR#5 ResearchR#6 RivalryChapter 7: FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSEBeware the Two-Tier SocietyCan We Balance Prosperity and Freedom?Take-awaysThe Seven WaysNotesAcknowledgementsIndex