What Matters Now · How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Hamel, Gary -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Dedication Preface Section 1: Values Matter Now Chapter 1.1: Putting First Things First Chapter 1.2: Learning from the Crucible of Crisis

Easy Money Securitization Insurance Complexity Leverage Illiquidity Deceit Hubris Myopia Greed Denial

Chapter 1.3: Rediscovering Farmer Values Chapter 1.4: Renouncing Capitalism's Dangerous Conceits Chapter 1.5: Reclaiming the Noble Section 2: Innovation Matters Now Chapter 2.1: Defending Innovation

We Owe Our Existence to Innovation We Owe Our Prosperity to Innovation We Owe Our Happiness to Innovation We Owe Our Future to Innovation

Chapter 2.2: Cataloging the World's Greatest Innovators

Rockets Laureates Artistes Cyborgs Born-Again Innovators

Chapter 2.3: Inspiring Great Design Chapter 2.4: Turning Innovation Duffers into Pros

The Perceptual Habits of Successful Innovators

Chapter 2.5: Deconstructing Apple

Be Passionate Lead, Don't Follow Aim to Surprise Be Unreasonable Innovate Incessantly and Pervasively Sweat the Details Think Like an Engineer, Feel Like an Artist

Section 3: Adaptability Matters Now Chapter 3.1: Changing How We Change Chapter 3.2: Becoming an Enemy of Entropy Chapter 3.3: Diagnosing Decline

First, Gravity Wins Second, Strategies Die Third, Success Corrupts

Chapter 3.4: Mourning Corporate Failure Chapter 3.5: Future-Proofing Your Company

Anticipation Intellectual Flexibility Strategic Variety Strategic Flexibility Structural Flexibility Resilience-Friendly Values

Section 4: Passion Matters Now Chapter 4.1: Exposing Management's Dirty Little Secret Chapter 4.2: Putting Individuals Ahead of Institutions Chapter 4.3: Building Communities of Passion Chapter 4.4: Reversing the Ratchet of Control

An Impromptu Experiment Not So Fast A Day at the Beach Why It Works

Chapter 4.5: Reinventing Management for the Facebook Generation Section 5: Ideology Matters Now Chapter 5.1: Challenging the Ideology of Management Chapter 5.2: Managing Without Hierarchy Chapter 5.3: Escaping the Management Tax

Markets Versus Hierarchies Meet Morning Star Unpacking Self-Management Free to Succeed The Upside of Self-Management A Cheap Lunch, but Not a Free One Managers Versus Managing Markets and Hierarchies Self-Management: How to Get Started Conclusion

Chapter 5.4: Inverting the Pyramid

Transparent Financial Data U&I Service Level Agreements Open Evaluations MyBlueprint Employee First Councils

Chapter 5.5: Aiming Higher

Mending the Soul Unleashing Capabilities Fostering Renewal Distributing Power Seeking Harmony Reshaping Minds Getting Beyond Either/Or Getting Started

Appendix: The Half Moon Bay “Renegade Brigade” Acknowledgments About the Author Notes

1.1: Putting First Things First 1.2: Learning from the Crucible of Crisis 1.3: Rediscovering Farmer Values 1.4: Renouncing Capitalism's Dangerous Conceits 2.1: Defending Innovation 2.2: Cataloging the World's Greatest Innovators 2.3: Inspiring Great Design 2.4: Turning Innovation Duffers into Pros 2.5: Deconstructing Apple 3.2: Becoming an Enemy of Entropy 3.5: Future-Proofing Your Company 4.1: Exposing Management's Dirty Little Secret 4.2: Putting Individuals Ahead of Institutions 4.3: Building Communities of Passion 5.1: Challenging the Ideology of Management 5.3: Escaping the Management Tax 5.4: Inverting the Pyramid 5.5: Aiming Higher

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