Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management RevolutionThe national bestseller that offers prescriptions for an economic world turned upside down. "Enough inspiration and information to feed American management for years."-- "Industry Week" A "New York Times" bestseller for eleven months."Enough inspiration and information to feed American managers for years." "--Industry Week" "A provocative and worthwhile book, loaded with sound advice on how to manage our institutions in a world in which the old ways do not seem to work." "--Across the Board" |
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Page 192
... innovation is the chief enabling device — and the subject of prescriptions I - 1 through I - 10 ( see Figure 11 ) . Strip away the nonessentials , and innovation - in personnel and accounting as well as in product development , in ...
... innovation is the chief enabling device — and the subject of prescriptions I - 1 through I - 10 ( see Figure 11 ) . Strip away the nonessentials , and innovation - in personnel and accounting as well as in product development , in ...
Page 271
... innovation targets . The most important nuance again comes courtesy of 3M : Consider making every business unit's innovation target exactly the same . The theory is simple . Every division , old and mature or new and exotic , should be ...
... innovation targets . The most important nuance again comes courtesy of 3M : Consider making every business unit's innovation target exactly the same . The theory is simple . Every division , old and mature or new and exotic , should be ...
Page 545
... innovation from everyone , 275-6 ; first steps , 278-9 ; long - term commitment to building innovation skills , 275-7 ; owning up to magnitude of the task , 277-8 ; turning adversaries into partners , 278 , 279 " creative swiping " and ...
... innovation from everyone , 275-6 ; first steps , 278-9 ; long - term commitment to building innovation skills , 275-7 ; owning up to magnitude of the task , 277-8 ; turning adversaries into partners , 278 , 279 " creative swiping " and ...
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Using the Prescriptions The Essentials of Proactive | 35 |
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