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Summary: Dancing with Change
Review: This book is a gift for people working with change in large systems. It is a collection of wisdom - facts, inspiration and good examples.I got the book while working with change in one of the biggest corporations in Scandinavia. In the Task Forces who describe the future of the company this book is our daily inspiration. We read about our own challenges and use the advices and examples as inspiration for moving on. A great book - I would give it 7 starts!
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Summary: Great book to look at change from different lenses
Review: This book is touted as a "resource" to the Fifth Discipline, but my view is that it could itself stand on its own steam as a handbook for change management. With articles contributed by a variety of authors, the book looks at the challenges of triggering, initiating, aligning and sustaining change and the various diverse ways to confront and solve those challenges.
The challenges that the book identifies are the challenges of: Orientation, Generating Profound Change, Not Enough Time, No Help, Not Relevant, Walking the Talk, Fear & Anxiety, Assessment & Measurement, True Believers and Non-believers, Governance, Diffusion, Strategy & Purpose. The book is choc-a-block with tools, explanation of jargon and
references to other resources. An orientation to Systems Thinking and looking at organizations as complex systems would help in clarifying the book more. Hence it is desirable to read "the fifth discipline" before you read it.
However, the delightful nature of this book ensures that you can flip open any page, read a little bit and keep it back, and feel refreshed and not thirst for more.
For people who look at organizations as communities, as networks and as human systems in addition to just being an economic entity this book will delight and scare.
For others, this book will act as a provoking way to look at change and organizations in search of equilibrium.
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Summary: Great book to look at change from different lenses
Review: This book is touted as a "resource" to the Fifth Discipline, but my view is that it could itself stand on its own steam as a handbook for change management. With articles contributed by a variety of authors, the book looks at the challenges of triggering, initiating, aligning and sustaining change and the various diverse ways to confront and solve those challenges.
The challenges that the book identifies are the challenges of: Orientation, Generating Profound Change, Not Enough Time, No Help, Not Relevant, Walking the Talk, Fear & Anxiety, Assessment & Measurement, True Believers and Non-believers, Governance, Diffusion, Strategy & Purpose. The book is choc-a-block with tools, explanation of jargon and
references to other resources. An orientation to Systems Thinking and looking at organizations as complex systems would help in clarifying the book more. Hence it is desirable to read "the fifth discipline" before you read it.
However, the delightful nature of this book ensures that you can flip open any page, read a little bit and keep it back, and feel refreshed and not thirst for more.
For people who look at organizations as communities, as networks and as human systems in addition to just being an economic entity this book will delight and scare.
For others, this book will act as a provoking way to look at change and organizations in search of equilibrium.
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Summary: Profound!!!!
Review: This is the best piece of work of seen in years. It is visionary and prescritive. A must read for anyone interested in getting on the innovation highway.
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Summary: Have your highliter, post-its, and pen ready...
Review: This one will test your staying power. Unless you've already read the Fifth Discipline, go back and read that first. This is a "what if we could start all over" approach to building enterprises that really communicate with themselves. There are lots of case studies, and you need to read in between the lines. Remember the headlines of the companies that are showcased. It will challenge existing thinking. Keep an open mind. It can leave you tilting at windmills, depressed, or reasonably optimistic that you really can help change the world.
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Summary: Have your highliter, post-its, and pen ready...
Review: This one will test your staying power. Unless you've already read the Fifth Discipline, go back and read that first. This is a "what if we could start all over" approach to building enterprises that really communicate with themselves. There are lots of case studies, and you need to read in between the lines. Remember the headlines of the companies that are showcased. It will challenge existing thinking. Keep an open mind. It can leave you tilting at windmills, depressed, or reasonably optimistic that you really can help change the world.
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Summary: Ponderous
Review: While I enjoyed this work and read it from cover to cover, it did begin to seem like too much of good thing. Some of the organization information seemed dated and some of the people who are offering advice are probably no longer held with such high regard in their former organizations. In any case, I would recommed it to anyone who is doing graduate or post-graduate work in organization and management or just wants some insight into how organizations really work.
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Summary: Ponderous
Review: While I enjoyed this work and read it from cover to cover, it did begin to seem like too much of good thing. Some of the organization information seemed dated and some of the people who are offering advice are probably no longer held with such high regard in their former organizations. In any case, I would recommed it to anyone who is doing graduate or post-graduate work in organization and management or just wants some insight into how organizations really work.
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