The visionary's handbook : nine paradoxes that will shape the future of your business / Watts Wacker and Jim Taylor with Howard Means.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wacker, Watts.

Contributor:

Taylor, Jim, 1947-

Means, Howard B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business forecasting.

Management.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

xiv, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : HarperBusiness, 2000.

Summary:

The authors of the prophetic "The 500 Year Delta" return with the secret of making the business world's paradoxes work to one's advantage.

Contents:

I The Paradox of the Visionary 1

II Paradoxes of the Everyday 37

1 The Paradox of Value 39

Box 1: The Brand Promise 57

2 The Paradox of Size 61

Box 2: What Color Is Your Disaster? 71

3 The Paradox of Time 77

4 The Paradox of Competition 97

Box 3: Global Metaphors and Global Brands 113

5 The Paradox of Action 115

6 The Paradox of Leadership 135

Box 4: Governance, Patriotism, and Loyalty 151

7 The Paradox of Leisure 155

III The Serial Future 173

IV The Paradox of Reality 227.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0066619874

OCLC:

42476766