Zero Distance

Reviews / Votes

"When Danah Zohar first published the early ideas of her Quantum Management Theory in the late 1990's, she articulated a new paradigm, inspired by quantum physics, and began a major contribution to our search for a new management theory that can replace outdated Taylorism. Now, in ZERO DISTANCE, the most comprehensive account of her project, she outlines how the theory has been implemented through the revolutionary RenDanHeyi business model of China's Haier Group, and subsequently several other large companies. Zohar's suggestion that the Haier model also offers a new social and political model is thought provoking. This book is a significant addition to our continuing conversation about the best way to manage companies and other human social systems. I recommend it highly." (Gary Hamel, London Business School, Author of Humanocracy )

"We live in times when healing is required. In business, we must heal the distance between management and employees. In our globalised world, we need to heal the distance between East and West. And for the sake of both our leadership and our souls, we must find a way for science and spirituality to work together. With Zero Distance, Danah Zohar has produced a book that demonstrates how we can rid ourselves of corrosive fragmentation and misunderstanding. She shows that an inclusive, enlightened business can flourish while bringing benefit to all, and that quantum physics and the Tao offer a path for common understanding between East and West." (Lord Andrew Stone, Former Global Managing Director, Marks & Spencer Plc)

"I have benefited greatly from the quantum management theory developed by Professor Danah Zohar, which has accelerated our departure from classical linear management models and creation of the non-linear business model that is known as Rendanheyi. In her newest book, Zero Distance , Professor Zohar explains with both theoretical depth and practical breadth how to cope with aVUCA world in this networked era." (Zhang Ruimin, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Haier Group)

"This is a terrific book. It leaps from quantum physics to management to some of the most profound issues of our day including COVID-19. It is a stark reminder that connectivity and uncertainty go hand-in-hand, and that the best managers will nurture small self-organized teams and challenge them to produce extraordinary results rather than commanding top-down. The exemplars of quantum management are extraordinary, from the U.S. military to Roche India to the China-based Haier Group. I found the text very stimulating. It made me think." (Marshall Meyer, Tsai Wan-Tsai Professor Emeritus of Management and Sociology, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania)

"Danah Zohar' Zero Distance is a tour de force exposition of the 21st century quantum organization as a complex adaptive system-an inevitable evolution of the rigid, non-adaptive bureaucratic structures of the 20th century. These new organizations, including Haier Corporation and GEA, Roche India and the U.S. Army, resemble not so much a single ship but a fleet with many ships, each with its own captain and crew and its own local mission to accomplish. The overall leader is the "admiral of the fleet" who provides strategic vision, guiding spirit, a central operational system. services and resources for the many ships in the fleet, working not on people but, rather, through people. " (Stephen Denning, author of The Age of Agile .)