This book expounds on the various ways and means to expand such physical and social environments, just like a hypercubea multidimensional and many-faceted cube. Its an expanded version of the normal cube, a form with three dimensions only.

For today's organizations, our exponentially changing world has come with great consequences. In this book, Peter Hinssen tells the story of the pioneers who managed to adapt to those changes and who moved beyond today and even tomorrow in their approach of innovation. In doing so, they were able to change the course of entire industries. Peter's book focuses on the business models of these pioneers, on the organizational culture, the talent, the mindset and the technology we should tap in...

In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want.Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live. Change is constant. The world is in a continual state of flux. It is a stream of ever-mutating, emergent patterns. Rather than steel ourselves against...

A fascinating combination of leading-edge science and present-day realities revealing the strategies for embracing stressful change in our lives.In this compelling revised edition of his book The Turning Point, best-selling author and visionary Gregg Braden merges his expertise in leading-edge science with present-day realities to reveal the strategies for embracing stressful change in our lives. This updated edition contains an all-new ch...

Management guru Gary Hamel and coauthor Michele Zanini paint a stark picture of how bureaucracy is worse and more costly than ever, and provide a manual for dismantling it and building an entrepreneurial organization that is truly fit for the future.Big idea book from leading business/management thinkerCounterintuitive argument, that bureaucracy is still the biggest obstacle to innovation and successSubstantial research baseLots of fresh stories ...

This "brilliant and provocative" (Walter Isaacson) guide shares nine principles to adapt and survive the technological changes shaping our future from the director of the MIT Media Lab and a veteran Wired journalist.The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, transforming every aspect of society, from business to cultur...

In times of adversity, you have two choices — you can either steal yourself away from the situation or steel yourself up towards it.For Ratan Tata, the choice was made early on. To be given the reins to India’s largest business conglomerate can be extremely daunting. But Ratan Tata’s takeover as the chairman of the Tata group proved that what is already great can be made even better.His legacy has the innate power to inspire great leadership. His success ca...

A soulful re-envisioning of what work and leadership can be, from the visionary mind of renowned author and thought leader, Seth GodinThe Song of Significance is a rousing contemplation on work: why it is the way it is, why it’s gotten so bad, what all of us–especially leaders–can do to make it better.Economic instability and the rise of remote work have left us disconnected and disengaged. Alarmed managers are responding with harsh top-down edicts...

From the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence comes a fascinating look at the remarkable capacity for intelligence exhibited by groups of people and computers working together.If you're like most people, you probably believe that humans are the most intelligent animals on our planet. But there's another kind of entity that can be far smarter: groups of people. In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Malone, the founding director of the MIT Ce...

Here we are. We're in the Twilight Twenties. There are many great forces that could, and probably will, turn our world upside down. Let's see if you're ready to weather the storm.The future of organisations will not be decided by merely relying on the circular economy, or by waiting out the competition and seeing what might happen. It will be decided by your ability to embrace and build ecosystems. Building ecosystems starts with understanding them.By devel...

The fully revised new edition of the international bestseller is your shortcut to business brilliance!The 80 Minute MBA is for those who want to get ahead without going back to school. A traditional MBA is for either the time-rich, very wealthy or lucky few with a generous corporate sponsor. So what happens if you want to get a hit of high-quality business inspiration without spending two years back at school?The 80 Minute MBA is the gatew...

hether you run a giant corporation or workin a small business, it’s more than likely thatyou regularly deal with people of differentcultures—from customers and suppliers tosalespeople and colleagues.It simply can’t be overstated: You will havetrouble succeeding in business today if youdon’t appreciate and know how to activelymanage global cultural diversity. ManagingAcross Cultures examines why people aroundthe world behave as they do and providesactionable tactics for suc...