Engaging emergence : turning upheaval into opportunity / Peggy Holman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holman, Peggy, 1955-

Series:

A BK business book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Change (Psychology).

Emergence (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Turning upheaval into opportunity

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Leading thinker and change consultant Peggy Holman provides leaders, trainers, and other agents of change grappling with disruption with a theory of ""emergence"" and tools for fostering it in organizations.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: From Chaos to Coherence; PART I. The Nature of Emergence; 1. What Is Emergence?; 2. What's the Catch?; PART II. Practices for Engaging Emergence; 3. Step Up: Take Responsibility For What You Love; 4. Prepare: Foster an Attitude for Engaging; 5. Host: Cultivate Conditions for Engaging; 6. Step In: Practice Engaging; 7. Iterate: Do It Again . . . and Again; PART III. Principles for Engaging Emergence; 8. Welcome Disturbance; 9. Pioneer!; 10. Encourage Random Encounters; 11. Seek Meaning; 12. Simplify; PART IV. Three Questions for Engaging Emergence

13. How Do We Disrupt Coherence Compassionately?14. How Do We Engage Disruptions Creatively?; 15. How Do We Renew Coherence Wisely?; IN CLOSING: What's Possible Now?; SUMMARY OF KEY IDEAS; ABOUT EMERGENT CHANGE PROCESSES; NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612731327

9781282731325

1282731327

9781605096049

1605096040

OCLC:

664551740