Morten T. Hansen – författare

Tio år efter att han skrev Good to Great ställer Jim Collins frågan: "Varför blomstrar några bolag under förhållanden präglade av osäkerhet, ja till och med kaos, när andra inte gör det?" I Great by Choice, lägger Collins och hans kollega Morten T. Hansen fast principerna för att bygga verkligt enastående bolag i tider som är oförutsägbara, tumultartade och snabbrörliga. Den nya boken skiljer sig från Collins tidigare genom sitt fokus på de slags instabila miljöer som dagens ledare står inför. De företag som valts ut för studien har minst 10 gånger bättre resultat än jämförelseföretagen trots svåra tider. Därför kallas de 10-gångersföretag i boken. Och deras framgång har inget med tur att göra. Det handlar snarare om disciplin och därmed gedigna förberedelser och att hålla sig till uppgjorda planer. Som Collins berättar i sin bok nådde Amundsen Sydpolen mer än en månad före Scott mycket tack vare sina omsorgsfulla förberedelser där han försökte förutse allt som kunde gå snett. Amundsen lärde sig t.ex. att hundar var de bästa dragarna de svettas som bekant inte och har därför bättre förutsättningar att klara extrem kyla. Scotts hästar blev fuktiga av ansträngningarna och frös så småningom ihjäl, och hans manskap fick då dra slädarna. Amundsen höll sig till sin plan att vandra c:a 30 km om dagen och därefter slå läger för att vila. Däremot drev Scott på extra mycket de dagar när solen sken och det var vindstilla, med följd att hans manskap blev uttröttat och inte orkade ge sig ut de dagar det blåste intensivt. Amundsen kom tillbaka till basen precis på dagen medan Scott och hans manskap dukade under för svält och kyla bara ett kort stycke från ett av sina stora förråd. Parallellen med företag och företagsledare är uppenbar. De disciplinerade klarar sig utmärkt det är ju en tes som också upprätthölls av Jim Collins i Good to Great. Jim Collins: Professor Jim Collins är författare till sex böcker, bland dem Good to Great, Built to Last och How the Mighty Fall, som har sålt i mer än 10 miljoner exemplar tre riktiga rekordsäljare. Jim började sin forsknings- och undervisningsbana på Stanford Graduate School of Business, där han fick priset som den bäste läraren 1992. Han driver nu ett management laboratorium i Boulder, Colorado. Morten T Hansen: Morten T. Hansen är professor i Management vid University of California, Berkeley (School of Information), och vid INSEAD. Morten har skrivit boken Collaboration, var tidigare professor vid Harvard Business School, och är PhD från Stanford Graduate School of Business, där han var en Fulbright stipendiat. Professor Hansen stammar från Norge.

THE NEW QUESTIONTen years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins and his colleague, Morten Hansen, enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast-moving times.THE NEW STUDY Great by Choice distinguishes itself from Collins's prior work by its focus not just on performance, but also on the type of unstable environments faced by leaders today. With a team of more than twenty researchers, Collins and Hansen studied companies that rose to greatness - beating their industry indexes by a minimum of ten times over fifteen years - in environments characterized by big forces and rapid shifts that leaders could not predict or control. The research team then contrasted these "10X companies" to a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to achieve greatness in similarly extreme environments.THE NEW FINDINGSThe study results were full of provocative surprises. Such as: * The best leaders were not more risk taking, more visionary, and more creative than the comparisons; they were more disciplined, more empirical, and more paranoid.* Innovation by itself turns out not to be the trump card in a chaotic and uncertain world; more important is the ability to scale innovation, to blend creativity with discipline.* Following the belief that leading in a "fast world" always requires "fast decisions" and "fast action" is a good way to get killed.* The great companies changed less in reaction to a radically changing world than the comparison companies.The authors challenge conventional wisdom with thought-provoking, sticky, and supremely practical concepts. They include 10Xers; the 20 Mile March; Fire Bullets then Cannonballs; Leading above the Death Line; Zoom Out, Then Zoom In; and the SMaC Recipe. Finally, in the last chapter, Collins and Hansen present their most provocative and original analysis: defining, quantifying, and studying the role of luck. The great companies and the leaders who built them were not luckier than the comparisons, but they did get a higher Return on Luck. This book is classic Collins: contrarian, data driven, and uplifting. He and Hansen show convincingly that, even in a chaotic and uncertain world, greatness happens by choice, not by chance.

Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask, Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis, and infused with engaging stories, Collins and his colleague Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous and fast-moving times. 320 pp. 500,000 print. (Business/Economics)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance - based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study.Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Now, after a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees, Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his 'Seven Work Smarter Practices' that can be applied by anyone looking to maximise their time and performance.Each of Hansen’s seven practices is highlighted by inspiring stories from individuals in his comprehensive study. You’ll meet a high school principal who engineered a dramatic turnaround of his failing high school; a rural Indian farmer determined to establish a better way of life for women in his village; and a sushi chef, whose simple preparation has led to his restaurant (tucked away under a Tokyo subway station underpass) being awarded the maximum of three Michelin stars. Hansen also explains how the way Alfred Hitchcock filmed Psycho and the 1911 race to become the first explorer to reach the South Pole both illustrate the use of his seven practices (even before they were identified).Each chapter contains questions and key insights to allow you to assess your own performance and figure out your work strengths, as well as your weaknesses. Once you understand your individual style, there are mini-quizzes, questionnaires and clear tips to assist you focus on a strategy to become a more productive worker. Extensive, accessible and friendly, Great at Work will help you achieve more by working less, backed by unprecedented statistical analysis.

Find your purpose at work.In an ideal world, our work lives would be completely fulfilling and intrinsically motivating.But what if you're stuck in a job and your heart isn't in it anymore? Or what if your company's mission seems unrelated to the work you do day in and day out? This book showcases the power of passion--and how you and your team can find it at work.This volume includes the work of:Morten T. HansenTeresa M. AmabileScott A. SnookNick CraigThis collection of articles includes "Finding Meaning at Work, Even When Your Job Is Dull," by Morten Hansen and Dacher Keltner; "What to Do When Your Heart Isn't in Your Work Anymore," by Andy Molinsky; "You Don’t Find Your Purpose--You Build It," by John Coleman; "How to Find Meaning in a Job That Isn't Your True Calling," by Emily Esfahani Smith; "You're Never Done Finding Purpose at Work," by Dan Pontefract; "From Purpose to Impact," by Nick Craig and Scott A. Snook; "Five Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose," by Kristi Hedges; "How to Make Work More Meaningful for Your Team," by Lewis Garrad and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic; "The Power of Small Wins," by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer; and "The Founder of TOMS on Reimagining the Company's Mission," by Blake Mycoskie.HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK.The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Find your purpose at work.In an ideal world, our work lives would be completely fulfilling and intrinsically motivating.But what if you're stuck in a job and your heart isn't in it anymore? Or what if your company's mission seems unrelated to the work you do day in and day out? This book showcases the power of passion--and how you and your team can find it at work.This volume includes the work of:Morten T. HansenTeresa M. AmabileScott A. SnookNick CraigThis collection of articles includes "Finding Meaning at Work, Even When Your Job Is Dull," by Morten Hansen and Dacher Keltner; "What to Do When Your Heart Isn't in Your Work Anymore," by Andy Molinsky; "You Don’t Find Your Purpose--You Build It," by John Coleman; "How to Find Meaning in a Job That Isn't Your True Calling," by Emily Esfahani Smith; "You're Never Done Finding Purpose at Work," by Dan Pontefract; "From Purpose to Impact," by Nick Craig and Scott A. Snook; "Five Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose," by Kristi Hedges; "How to Make Work More Meaningful for Your Team," by Lewis Garrad and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic; "The Power of Small Wins," by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer; and "The Founder of TOMS on Reimagining the Company's Mission," by Blake Mycoskie.HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK.The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Frances Frei to Morton T. Hansen and company examples from UPS to Apple, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips.This book will inspire you to:Build trust—the most essential form of capital a leader hasAdopt the best practices for hybrid workNavigate the challenges of workplace anxietyReconsider your approach to innovation by challenging everyday notions of valueAssess whether to team up with a rival and how to manage the relationshipBreak through the organizational barriers that impede gender and racial equityLead with a commitment to sustainabilityThis collection of articles includes "Begin with Trust," by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss; "Cultural Innovation," by Douglas Holt; "The Rules of Co-opetition," by Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff; "Negotiating Your Next Job," by Hannah Riley Bowles and Bobbi Thomason; "Leading Through Anxiety," by Morra Aarons-Mele; "When Machine Learning Goes Off the Rails," by Boris Babic, I. Glenn Cohen, Theodoros Evgeniou, and Sara Gerke; "Getting Serious About Diversity," by Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas; "How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace," by Robert Livingston; "Our Work-from-Anywhere Future," by Prithwiraj Raj) Choudhury; "A More Sustainable Supply Chain," by Veronica H. Villena and Dennis A. Gioia; and "How Apple Is Organized for Innovation," by Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansen.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.