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Summary: Overcome the Wishful Thinking Stall
Review: While the world changes ever more rapidly and with wider volatility, many people continue to wish (in vain) for constancy. People will probably never lose their desire for predictability, but acting as though no change is happening can be very harmful.While we can all relate to this problem intellectually, Who Moved My Cheese? brings to bear the all-to-human emotions that keep us from taking timely, appropriate actions. As you read this book, you will experience those emotions and recognize their power. This will help you the next time you experience these emotions, because you will realize what you are doing. By making you consciously aware of your wishful thinking, you should be better able to overcome it. I hope that Dr. Johnson goes on to write sequels to this book that deal with all of the major stalls that people are subject to: Disbelief, Miscommunications, Procrastination, Avoiding Ugliness, Defensiveness, Tradition, Misconception, Bureaucracy, Directionlessness, Helplessness, Xenophobia, Over-Optimism, Covering-Up, and Taking on Excess Volatility. If you read this book from a literal perspective, you will probably not get too much benefit. Try to imagine yourself as each of the characters. It'll work better that way. Enjoy!
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Summary: Written at a 6th grade level
Review: Catchy title, but written at a 6th grade level. I was disappointed. I'm not sure how much I spent for this book but it was too much. If you must read it, borrow it from a friend. There are lots of professional development books out there that don't insult one's intelligence.
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Summary: "Don't cry over spilled milk, wipe it up and pour another"
Review: -- that's the jist of this book. If you need to presentsomeone with [an inexpensive] object lesson, then this book may be for you. Ifyou think you already know that, then this book may still be for you.If you already adapt well to change without griping over it and are able to smile the whole time, then you don't need to read this book. It reads simply and quickly, and the lesson is an easy one to know, but perhaps harder to understand and incorporate into our daily lives.
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Summary: A Must for Adapting to Change in the dot.com World
Review: Who Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson, M.D, G.P. Putnam,94pp, By Walter Maurer e-Solutions Architect Spencer Johnsonhas been a prolific author of "One Minute" type books. He's the author, after all, of six " One Minute" books; most take complex subjects and present simple solutions one can implement. Books such as One Minute Manager (with Kenneth Blanchard) and One Minute $ales Manager (with Larry Wilson) are well known to the international business community while others The One Minute Father and the 13 books in The ValueTales Series For Children are known to the family community. In his latest best seller, Who Moved My Cheese? he has taken the complex task of explaining change and change management to his audience, the business community. The book begins with a preface by Kenneth Blanchard telling the reader what this book with the unusual title is all about. This chapter can be called " tell them what you are going to tell them". In addition, Blanchard does an infomercial on the Ken Blanchard Companies and their commitment to change in corporate America. Johnson's story takes on a parable like approach with four main characters and their ability to deal with change. Sniff and Scurry are two mice with a simple approach to life; Hem and Haw are two little people who use complex reasoning and analysis to make life-influencing decisions. The mice rule their lives by trial and error; the little people rule by thought, analysis and procrastination. The four characters find themselves in a maze with an abundance of life sustaining cheese. The mice recognize early on that the cheese will run out and plan a " search and find" mission well before the little people discover that someone has "moved" their cheese. Sniff saw change coming early and took action with little prodding; Scurry took action before any of the four. Hem resisted changing to find new cheese and Haw learned to adapt once he realized that new cheese had to be found to survive. The author relates this to change in the corporate world by using parables. "If You Do Not Change, You Can Become Extinct" and "Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To The Bigger Changes That Are To Come" are two of the 15 parables each wrapped in a piece of cheese. The key parable " The Handwriting on the Wall" becomes the discussion point that employers dealing with change management can use to drive home the importance of recognizing when your cheese has been moved. Johnson has made this a short, easy to understand, easy to use primer for change management. ...
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Summary: Mini-wonderment
Review: Sometimes you can say a world of difference in a few words. Hats off to Spenser for doing that. If you are grappling with change or decision making in your life, this IS the book for you.
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Summary: Enjoyable...Thought Provoking...Fun
Review: I found this book to be refreshing and eye opening. It made me aware of my own feelings toward change. By reading about the four characters I was able to see myself and my friends. My friends at work have had fun deciding which character most closely relates to our own personalities. I am Hem and sometimes Ha.
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Summary: So simple, so potent!
Review: Much like Erik Quisling's classic, THE ANGRY CLAM, Spencer Johnson packs so much insight, humor and depth into such a small package. I love this book.
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Summary: Good if change is happening to you!
Review: Spencer Johnson does a good job of depicted how to deal if you are facing the challenge of change in your life. However at times, he seems to glorify change for the sake of change. Only one time in the book did I find a reference to being guided by values. We all need to change in some areas regarding business, family and life in general, but change for the sake of change is nothing more than hollow pursuit.
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Summary: thank you, duh!
Review: Anyone unaware of the fact that the business world is changing and people must change with it, does not belong in business today. Frankly, I found the book simplistic to the point of being insulting.
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Summary: Handy for a culture change
Review: This book is well written, and easy to read. It will prove useful in our organisation for the changes we need to go through, being a large corporate. It also has a point to make on how to accept change in one's personal life.
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