The Leader's Guide to Radical Management
Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century
Published on 20. September 2010
336 pages
978-0-470-65136-0 (ISBN)
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A radical new management model for twenty-first centuryleaders
Organizations today face a crisis. The crisis is of longstanding and its signs are widespread. Most proposals for improvingmanagement address one element of the crisis at the expense of theothers. The principles described by award-winning author StephenDenning simultaneously inspire high productivity, continuousinnovation, deep job satisfaction and client delight. Denning putsforward a fundamentally different approach to management, withseven inter-locking principles of continuous innovation: focusingthe entire organization on delighting clients; working inself-organizing teams; operating in client-driven iterations;delivering value to clients with each iteration; fostering radicaltransparency; nurturing continuous self-improvement andcommunicating interactively. In sum, the principles comprise a newmental model of management.
* Author outlines the basic seven principles of continuousinnovation
* The book describes more than seventy supporting practices
* Denning offers a rethinking of management from firstprinciples
This book is written by the author of The Secret Language ofLeadership--a Financial Times Selection in BestBooks of 2007.
Organizations today face a crisis. The crisis is of longstanding and its signs are widespread. Most proposals for improvingmanagement address one element of the crisis at the expense of theothers. The principles described by award-winning author StephenDenning simultaneously inspire high productivity, continuousinnovation, deep job satisfaction and client delight. Denning putsforward a fundamentally different approach to management, withseven inter-locking principles of continuous innovation: focusingthe entire organization on delighting clients; working inself-organizing teams; operating in client-driven iterations;delivering value to clients with each iteration; fostering radicaltransparency; nurturing continuous self-improvement andcommunicating interactively. In sum, the principles comprise a newmental model of management.
* Author outlines the basic seven principles of continuousinnovation
* The book describes more than seventy supporting practices
* Denning offers a rethinking of management from firstprinciples
This book is written by the author of The Secret Language ofLeadership--a Financial Times Selection in BestBooks of 2007.
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Stephen Denning is a leading writer who consults with organizations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia on leadership, management, innovation, and business narrative. In 2009, he was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University, U.K. He is the author of The Secret Language of Leadership--a Financial Times selection in Best Books of 2007, and a 800-CEO-READ selection as the best book on leadership in 2007.
Content
Preface.
Introduction.
1 Management Today.
2 A Brief History of Management.
3 What Radical Management Means.
Part One: The Seven Principles Continuous Innovation.
4 Principle #1: Delighting Clients.
5 Principle #2: Self-Organizing Teams.
6 Principle #3: Client-Driven Iterations.
7 Principle #4: Delivering Value to Clients in EachIteration.
8 Principle #5: Radical Transparency.
9 Principle #6: Continuous Self-Improvement.
10 Principle #7: Interactive Communication.
Part Two: Implementation.
11 A River of Cascading Conversations.
12 Epilogue.
Appendix: Summary of Radical Management Practices
Notes
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Index.
Introduction.
1 Management Today.
2 A Brief History of Management.
3 What Radical Management Means.
Part One: The Seven Principles Continuous Innovation.
4 Principle #1: Delighting Clients.
5 Principle #2: Self-Organizing Teams.
6 Principle #3: Client-Driven Iterations.
7 Principle #4: Delivering Value to Clients in EachIteration.
8 Principle #5: Radical Transparency.
9 Principle #6: Continuous Self-Improvement.
10 Principle #7: Interactive Communication.
Part Two: Implementation.
11 A River of Cascading Conversations.
12 Epilogue.
Appendix: Summary of Radical Management Practices
Notes
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Index.
