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Many observers have suggested that capitalism is fast destroying our planet, concentrating power in a few big companies. Excessive short-termism, leveraged debt, digitisation, and disruption are the new normal. We stand at a critical juncture where the two paths ahead could lead to very different futures. One route could take us back to the harshest days of the early Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression. The other could lead to a world of abundance, equality, inclusivity, and prosperity for all. Which future awaits us will largely be determined by business, and HR (Human Resources) in particular. Books on HR tend to focus on HR practices and potential interventions, but they rarely look at the profession, how it evolved, and how and why those people practices were created. The HR (R)Evolution: Change the Workplace, Change the World describes the "Seven Great Waves" of change and explains how each wave impacted business. It explains how some companies are stuck in the past and how HR can break the deadlock if it understands what the future holds. This book is meant for senior business leaders or anyone currently working in HR who are grappling with the paradoxes of business today. It’s for leaders who recognise that people issues are the central challenge of our time. Whether we embrace the waves yet to come will determine whether we survive or regress, whether we flourish or flounder. The future is in our hands.
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Businesses spend billions on innovation with very little to show for their investment or effort. This book challenges some of the ‘ingrained truths’ of innovation and suggests a different approach. Innovation is not the creation of a novel idea. It is the successful commercialisation of that novel idea. Rather than starting with a costly, time-consuming problem assessment that seeks to push potential solutions through an innovation funnel, an ‘impeller approach’ starts with possible solutions and gets the market to pull the best ones forward so they can fail fast or flourish fast. This approach is made possible by the addition of a ‘bee’ – a new type of integrative thinker who can harvest the existing knowledge from the ‘meadow of experts’. Completely reversing the innovation process means organisations are much better placed to win in the market rather than focusing on finding theoretical solutions or clearing innovation stage gates. In addition, this approach also recognises that the people who shepherd the solution through the ideation and testing stage are not the same people who must then take that solution to market for successful commercialisation. Given the current innovation failure rate, coupled with the fact that society is beset with multiple wicked problems, it’s time to think differently and innovate innovation itself. This book is essential reading for Heads of Innovation and Commercialisation, Directors of Marketing, Heads of New Product Development and New Service Development, Strategy Directors, Chief Technology Officers, Government advisers and policy makers.
500 kr
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Businesses spend billions on innovation with very little to show for their investment or effort. This book challenges some of the ‘ingrained truths’ of innovation and suggests a different approach. Innovation is not the creation of a novel idea. It is the successful commercialisation of that novel idea. Rather than starting with a costly, time-consuming problem assessment that seeks to push potential solutions through an innovation funnel, an ‘impeller approach’ starts with possible solutions and gets the market to pull the best ones forward so they can fail fast or flourish fast. This approach is made possible by the addition of a ‘bee’ – a new type of integrative thinker who can harvest the existing knowledge from the ‘meadow of experts’. Completely reversing the innovation process means organisations are much better placed to win in the market rather than focusing on finding theoretical solutions or clearing innovation stage gates. In addition, this approach also recognises that the people who shepherd the solution through the ideation and testing stage are not the same people who must then take that solution to market for successful commercialisation. Given the current innovation failure rate, coupled with the fact that society is beset with multiple wicked problems, it’s time to think differently and innovate innovation itself. This book is essential reading for Heads of Innovation and Commercialisation, Directors of Marketing, Heads of New Product Development and New Service Development, Strategy Directors, Chief Technology Officers, Government advisers and policy makers.
2 046 kr
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No one likes change. Too often it’s viewed as something that must be endured; something to ‘get through’ as fast as possible so that everything can ‘return to normal'. We need to change our view of change and see it for the opportunity it really is. Step Change: The Leader’s Journey helps leaders to become gifted and skilful at moving through the change process gracefully and productively. Based on Joseph Campbell’s 'hero’s journey', Step Change: The Leader’s Journey offers a universal road map of change from step-1 (comfort zone) through to step-12 (post-delivery inspiration). The journey travels through four distinct phases of ‘discover’, ‘decide’, ‘develop’ and ‘deliver’. Step Change provides a proven formula for change, both personal and organisational, which allows us to know where we are on the Change Wheel and what to expect from each step, including what it looks and feels like at each step. By identifying what causes change to fail at each step as well as tools to navigate past the pitfalls and dead ends that leave us stuck at a particular step or retreating to the comfort zone, the change cycle can be understood and mastered. The book provides the ideal structure for senior managers, human resource managers, coaches and business leaders to follow in order to embed change across their teams and organisation.
499 kr
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No one likes change. Too often it’s viewed as something that must be endured; something to ‘get through’ as fast as possible so that everything can ‘return to normal'. We need to change our view of change and see it for the opportunity it really is. Step Change: The Leader’s Journey helps leaders to become gifted and skilful at moving through the change process gracefully and productively. Based on Joseph Campbell’s 'hero’s journey', Step Change: The Leader’s Journey offers a universal road map of change from step-1 (comfort zone) through to step-12 (post-delivery inspiration). The journey travels through four distinct phases of ‘discover’, ‘decide’, ‘develop’ and ‘deliver’. Step Change provides a proven formula for change, both personal and organisational, which allows us to know where we are on the Change Wheel and what to expect from each step, including what it looks and feels like at each step. By identifying what causes change to fail at each step as well as tools to navigate past the pitfalls and dead ends that leave us stuck at a particular step or retreating to the comfort zone, the change cycle can be understood and mastered. The book provides the ideal structure for senior managers, human resource managers, coaches and business leaders to follow in order to embed change across their teams and organisation.
474 kr
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Today's leaders need to change radically to meet the challenge of complex organizations in business landscapes that are in flux. This requires a step-change in development in three fundamental dimensions: how you do things, who you are, and how you relate to other people. 4D Leadership is what happens when this step-change in doing, being and relating takes place. When you move up to the next level of ability and sophistication in these three dimensions, you will have unlocked the fourth dimension (verticality) and you will receive a significant competitive advantage.Neuroscientist and leadership coach Dr Alan Watkins draws on groundbreaking research into adult development to present a framework that will transform your ability to excel as a leader. 4D Leadership isn't just a software patch for leadership skills: this is an upgrade to the next level of the human operating system, the next level of leadership development. 4D Leadership is the book for: anyone who feels overwhelmed by the competing priorities of their jobs; anyone who feels stressed by trying to maintain competitive advantage through innovation; anyone looking to develop a more responsive and rewarding strategy, drive change and take people with them, and become a truly rounded and 4-dimensional leader.
458 kr
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Business success depends on the ability to build trust. Trusted brands succeed and sustain. Trusted leaders inspire followers, grow companies, revenues and futures. But sadly, deceit has infected business and become widespread. Far too many leaders now use their own "alternative facts", to mislead and misinform their customers, colleagues and communities. The skilfulness and ease with which some leaders now lie has become a Lie-Ability. And when customers stop trusting the products, services or the stories a leader tells, then the business suffers. If business leaders don’t lead a truth renaissance, we are all lost. People no longer trust politicians or the media. And many of the institutions and professions we used to turn to have also lost trust. The only people that can really save us now are business leaders. We need to become truth advocates and activists. We must re-establish a new norm where we tell the truth to ourselves, to our employees, to our shareholders, to our customers and to society at large.This book explores the 7 Deadly Lies that business tells itself, the 7 Dark Arts of Deception that are still used with monotonous regularity to manipulate the narrative. It offers C-suite leaders and senior managers a clear path out of deceit. It provides a solution to the Lie-Ability of some leaders by developing a deeper understanding of truth, how to reclaim it and how to build back trust.
1 908 kr
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Business success depends on the ability to build trust. Trusted brands succeed and sustain. Trusted leaders inspire followers, grow companies, revenues and futures. But sadly, deceit has infected business and become widespread. Far too many leaders now use their own "alternative facts", to mislead and misinform their customers, colleagues and communities. The skilfulness and ease with which some leaders now lie has become a Lie-Ability. And when customers stop trusting the products, services or the stories a leader tells, then the business suffers. If business leaders don’t lead a truth renaissance, we are all lost. People no longer trust politicians or the media. And many of the institutions and professions we used to turn to have also lost trust. The only people that can really save us now are business leaders. We need to become truth advocates and activists. We must re-establish a new norm where we tell the truth to ourselves, to our employees, to our shareholders, to our customers and to society at large.This book explores the 7 Deadly Lies that business tells itself, the 7 Dark Arts of Deception that are still used with monotonous regularity to manipulate the narrative. It offers C-suite leaders and senior managers a clear path out of deceit. It provides a solution to the Lie-Ability of some leaders by developing a deeper understanding of truth, how to reclaim it and how to build back trust.
339 kr
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The need for change in the education system is obvious and overwhelming. But each stakeholder group has its own ideas about why the system is broken and how to fix it. Competing priorities, political inertia and diminishing budgets maintain the dysfunctional status quo. This essential text examines the underlying causes behind the key challenges facing schools and argues that we need to move from knowledge transfer systems to a deliberately developmental approach that transforms capabilities including emotional regulation, systems thinking, critical analysis, creativity and collaborative capability.The chapters provide a framework for designing, constructing and implementing school systems that can transform the outcome in a classroom, school or trust.Topics covered include:Why education is a ‘wicked’ problemWhy development must be central and sit alongside knowledge transfer (as AI takes over ‘expertise’)How motivation and value systems evolve and are key to changeHow to drive behaviour change to transform outcomesWhat human-centred means now in a reinvented systemOffering much-needed insights, guidance and solutions for teachers, school leaders and policy-makers, this book will be valuable reading for all those interested in school improvement and education policy.
1 734 kr
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The need for change in the education system is obvious and overwhelming. But each stakeholder group has its own ideas about why the system is broken and how to fix it. Competing priorities, political inertia and diminishing budgets maintain the dysfunctional status quo. This essential text examines the underlying causes behind the key challenges facing schools and argues that we need to move from knowledge transfer systems to a deliberately developmental approach that transforms capabilities including emotional regulation, systems thinking, critical analysis, creativity and collaborative capability.The chapters provide a framework for designing, constructing and implementing school systems that can transform the outcome in a classroom, school or trust.Topics covered include:Why education is a ‘wicked’ problemWhy development must be central and sit alongside knowledge transfer (as AI takes over ‘expertise’)How motivation and value systems evolve and are key to changeHow to drive behaviour change to transform outcomesWhat human-centred means now in a reinvented systemOffering much-needed insights, guidance and solutions for teachers, school leaders and policy-makers, this book will be valuable reading for all those interested in school improvement and education policy.
- Nyhet
458 kr
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While headlines focus on risks and regulations associated with artificial intelligence (AI), this groundbreaking book offers business leaders what they truly need – a visionary yet practical roadmap to harness AI as a catalyst for unprecedented human and organisational growth.Written by a renowned neuroscientist and a pioneering tech strategist, this essential guide cuts through the noise to reveal how the most successful leaders will partner with AI to architect tomorrow's business landscape rather than merely react to it. The authors present a revolutionary perspective: AI isn't replacing humanity – it's humanity evolving. As the purest distillation of our collective wisdom, knowledge, and creativity across generations, AI offers us a mirror that reflects our potential when properly engaged. But capturing this opportunity requires our own development in parallel with technological advancement.Through detailed case studies of how successful businesses are capturing AI, actionable frameworks, and strategic insights, you'll discover how to position your organisation at the forefront of the AI–human partnership revolution. It provides practical methods to develop both technological and human knowledge simultaneously and ways to create competitive advantage through intelligent business models, seeing sentience as the solution and not the problem.While others debate theoretical risks, this book is for forward-thinking leaders looking to leverage AI to build smarter businesses that contribute to smarter societies, and shape a smarter world. This book is your invitation to join other future-facing executives, standing at the intersection of legacy systems and exponential technological change currently under immense pressure to make high-stakes, AI-relevant decisions, build stakeholder trust, drive organisational survival, and create their own legacy.
- Nyhet
2 190 kr
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While headlines focus on risks and regulations associated with artificial intelligence (AI), this groundbreaking book offers business leaders what they truly need – a visionary yet practical roadmap to harness AI as a catalyst for unprecedented human and organisational growth.Written by a renowned neuroscientist and a pioneering tech strategist, this essential guide cuts through the noise to reveal how the most successful leaders will partner with AI to architect tomorrow's business landscape rather than merely react to it. The authors present a revolutionary perspective: AI isn't replacing humanity – it's humanity evolving. As the purest distillation of our collective wisdom, knowledge, and creativity across generations, AI offers us a mirror that reflects our potential when properly engaged. But capturing this opportunity requires our own development in parallel with technological advancement.Through detailed case studies of how successful businesses are capturing AI, actionable frameworks, and strategic insights, you'll discover how to position your organisation at the forefront of the AI–human partnership revolution. It provides practical methods to develop both technological and human knowledge simultaneously and ways to create competitive advantage through intelligent business models, seeing sentience as the solution and not the problem.While others debate theoretical risks, this book is for forward-thinking leaders looking to leverage AI to build smarter businesses that contribute to smarter societies, and shape a smarter world. This book is your invitation to join other future-facing executives, standing at the intersection of legacy systems and exponential technological change currently under immense pressure to make high-stakes, AI-relevant decisions, build stakeholder trust, drive organisational survival, and create their own legacy.
473 kr
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Understand how to overcome the obstacles inhibiting performance and unlock the potential for brilliance that lies within every leader.Most leaders are operating nowhere near their optimal level of performance. In this book, Dr Alan Watkins helps leaders at every level understand how they can transform their output and unlock their true potential. He shares proven techniques that have helped thousands of leaders in FTSE 50 giants and SMEs across market sectors and geographies as well as the Olympic and Paralympic Rowing Team, resulting in them achieving their best ever medal haul in London 2012.Coherence shows how our ability to lead and deliver results is rooted in our biology. Dr Watkins explains the science of how to increase energy levels and become smarter, more resilient, happier, healthier and more successful in whatever we do. Drawing on case studies from prominent business leaders and insights from a diverse range of research fields, he reveals the secrets to exceptional leadership and how to be brilliant every day. Now in its second edition, this vital guide contains upgraded practical tools and new insights on how to transform productivity, manage complexity, accelerate innovation and drive greater commercial performance, all while becoming healthier and happier.
1 332 kr
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Understand how to overcome the obstacles inhibiting performance and unlock the potential for brilliance that lies within every leader.Most leaders are operating nowhere near their optimal level of performance. In this book, Dr Alan Watkins helps leaders at every level understand how they can transform their output and unlock their true potential. He shares proven techniques that have helped thousands of leaders in FTSE 50 giants and SMEs across market sectors and geographies as well as the Olympic and Paralympic Rowing Team, resulting in them achieving their best ever medal haul in London 2012.Coherence shows how our ability to lead and deliver results is rooted in our biology. Dr Watkins explains the science of how to increase energy levels and become smarter, more resilient, happier, healthier and more successful in whatever we do. Drawing on case studies from prominent business leaders and insights from a diverse range of research fields, he reveals the secrets to exceptional leadership and how to be brilliant every day. Now in its second edition, this vital guide contains upgraded practical tools and new insights on how to transform productivity, manage complexity, accelerate innovation and drive greater commercial performance, all while becoming healthier and happier.
125 kr
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Auberon Alexander Waugh was certainly the most offensive, and probably the most industrious, journalist of "Modern Times". In private he was of a kindly and benevolent disposition, and possessed beautiful manners, but he rarely allowed these aspects of himself to become known to his readers. He [Philip Hope-Wallace] was a big man, well over six feet, heavy, with a splendid Roman head. He drank a great deal. A friend once came across him in a lavatory at Broadcasting House finishing off a quarter-bottle of Gordon's gin. Though a good broadcaster, he was a nervous one. 'When you reach my age,' he said, 'you will be doing the same.' He could be also be very rude indeed. Tony Benn once publicly announced that he was concerned to lose the stigma of the intellectual. [Anthony] Crosland replied that, in order to lose a stigma, it was first necessary to acquire one. This lack of recognition would not have mattered if [William] Robson had not minded about it. But he did mind: he was hurt and felt excluded. He was not like his former colleague R. H. Tawney, who, on being offered a peerage by Ramsay MacDonald, asked what harm he had ever done the Labour Party.First published nearly a quarter of a century ago, this newly updated edition of Alan Watkins' "Brief Lives" remains an exceptional work of biography. Eclectic, humane, smart and affectionate, Watkins' prose crackles with wit and fierce observation. Writing in the tradition of Aubrey and Churchill, Alan Watkins celebrates the lives and achievements of his many contemporaries. There are journalists, Paul Johnson and John Junor, Malcolm Muggeridge and Richard Ingrams, Auberon Waugh and Peregrine Worsthorne; politicians, Roy Jenkins and Michael Foot, David Steel and Ian Gilmour, Iain Macleod and Norman St John-Stevas; writers, Anthony Powell, Simon Raven, Kingsley Amis and AJP Taylor; and mavericks, Lord Beaverbrook, GE Moore, Tom Driberg and William Robson. Finally, there is a vivid portrait of Watkins's father. "Brief Lives" is a series of brilliant essays which capture the essence of twenty-nine men whose combined achievements helped define Britain during the last century. It's a classic.