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Provoke : how leaders shape the future by overcoming fatal human flaws / Geoff Tuff, Steven Goldbach ; illustrations by Tom Fishburne.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tuff, Geoff, 1970- author.
Goldbach, Steve, 1973- author.
Contributor:
Fishburne, Tom, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Leadership.
Organizational change.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (259 pages)
Place of Publication:
Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2021]
Summary:
"The world is becoming harder and harder to predict. But inevitably some uncertainties will resolve to being certain, with only the timing and impact remaining unclear. It is in this ?phase change? that people struggle most. Human beings are naturally wired to take a ?wait and see? approach to managing uncertainty. But it is the opposite reaction that will actually help business leaders win in the remade world. Provoke frames why we act the way we do when faced with uncertainty and provides tools to do things differently. Rooted at the intersection between business and behavioral economics, the book explores the topic as it relates to other aspects of the human experience as well ? teaching people across all walks of life how to provoke action as a mechanism to advance."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Part I Predictable Patterns
Chapter 1 Patterns from the Past
Miss the Trend
Deny the Trend
(Over)analyze the Trend
Respond Meekly to the Trend
The Solution Is to Provoke
Chapter 2 On the Importance of "If" versus "When"
Chapter 3 Personal Patterns
Chapter 4 Expanding PeripheralVision
Embrace Diversity
Part II Principles of Provocation
Chapter 5 Birth of a Provocation
Respect the Past, but Hold It Lightly
Provoke the Future
Knowing Here from There
The Provoke Quintet
Summing Up
Chapter 6 Envision: Seeing the Future
The Fundamentals of Envision
Envisioning the Future of Energy
Chapter 7 Position: Preparing for the Change
Betting on the Business Model
Using a Beachhead Position
Untangling Multiple Vectors of Uncertainty
Chapter 8 Drive and Adapt: Taking Control
Drive
Adapt
Chapter 9 Activate: Harnessing Your Ecosystem
A Word on Ecosystems
You Are Already Part of an Ecosystem
Mozilla and the Crowd as Ecosystem
Accelerating Change
Part III Profiles of Provocateurs
Chapter 10 Deborah Bial
Chapter 11 Ryan Gravel
Chapter 12 Valerie Irick Rainford
Conclusion: Minimally Viable Thoughts
On the Importance of Fun
Looking at Data Without Context
On the Value of Recognizing Recursion
CEO as the Lead System Designer
Notes
Chapter 1: Patterns from the Past
Chapter 2: On the Importance of "If" versus "When"
Chapter 4: Expanding Peripheral Vision
Chapter 5: Birth of a Provocation
Chapter 6: Envision: Seeing the Future
Chapter 7: Position: Preparing for the Change
Chapter 8: Drive and Adapt: Taking Control
Chapter 9: Activate: Harnessing Your Ecosystem
Chapter 10: Deborah Bial
Chapter 11: Ryan Gravel
Chapter 12: Valerie Irick Rainford.
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
EULA.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781119787556
1119787556
9781119787549
1119787548
OCLC:
1273001419

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