The Second Curve

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The bracing manifesto of a forward-looking radical ... The Second Curve successfully channels the energy and enthusiasm of the younger generation, in whom Handy places great hope ... Handy's prescience over the decades has earned him the right to dabble and, given his record, you would not want to bet against some of his radical ideas coming true. -- Andrew Hill * Financial Times * Gentle but incisive ... [Handy's] voice is a reassuring, challenging presence. We should continue to listen to it. * Management Today * This book will get you thinking. * Daily Telegraph * Compelling and scalable. * Edge * Strong and original... It is impossible not to be impressed and a little daunted by so much energy and wisdom. * Irish Independent * Wise words, succinctly put - the work of a master. -- Peter Cook * HR Zone * Still full of insights into the ever-changing world of work... Challenging received opinion, as he has done for decades. -- Peter Day * BBC World Service * A fierce manifesto for radical political, corporate and social change. * The Financial Times * In this book Handy encourages us to think differently about organisational structures. He presents engaging, cogent arguments about the organisations that we know today in sectors such as politics, education, business and how they will need to be very different in 20 years' time. * Marketing Week * [A book] about how every so often you need to start a new paradigm. Take a bell-shaped curve: when you get to the top of it, instead of going down, you can jump on to the next curve and go up again. In terms of politics, that's absolutely what we need. -- Jo Swinson MP, 'The Last Book That Changed My Mind' * New Statesman *