{"product_id":"what-matters-now-how-to-win-in-a-world-of-relentless-change-ferocious-competition-and-unstoppable-innovation-9781118120828","title":"What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gary Hamel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Management - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about one thing. It's not a 250-page dissertation on leadership, teams or motivation. Instead, it's an agenda for building organizations that can flourish in a world of diminished hopes, relentless change and ferocious competition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about doing better. It's not a manual for people who want to tinker at the margins. Instead, it's an impassioned plea to reinvent management as we know it--to rethink the fundamental assumptions we have about capitalism, organizational life, and the meaning of work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaders today confront a world where the unprecedented is the norm. Wherever one looks, one sees the exceptional and the extraordinary: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBusiness newspapers decrying the state of capitalism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOnce-innovative companies struggling to save off senescence.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNext gen employees shunning blue chips for social start-ups.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCorporate miscreants getting pilloried in the blogosphere.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEntry barriers tumbling in what were once oligopolistic strongholds.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHundred year-old business models being rendered irrelevant overnight.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNewbie organizations crowdsourcing their most creative work.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNational governments lurching towards bankruptcy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestors angrily confronting greedy CEOs and complacent boards.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNewly omnipotent customers eagerly wielding their power.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSocial media dramatically transforming the way human beings connect, learn and collaborate.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eObviously, there are lots of things that matter now. But in a world of fractured certainties and battered trust, some things matter more than others. While the challenges facing organizations are limitless; leadership bandwidth isn't. That's why you have to be clear about what really matters now. What are the fundamental, make-or-break issues that will determine whether your organization thrives or dives in the years ahead? Hamel identifies five issues are that are paramount: values, innovation, adaptability, passion and ideology. In doing so he presents an essential agenda for leaders everywhere who are eager to...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003emove from defense to offense\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereverse the tide of commoditization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edefeat bureaucracy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eastonish their customers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efoster extraordinary contribution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecapture the moral high ground\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eoutrun change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebuild a company that's truly fit for the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcise and to the point, the book will inspire you to rethink your business, your company and how you lead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45032577400983,"sku":"9781118120828","price":1651.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781118120828.webp?v=1769208218","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/what-matters-now-how-to-win-in-a-world-of-relentless-change-ferocious-competition-and-unstoppable-innovation-9781118120828","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}