What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation

14th March 2012 - 5201 days ago

This 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.

What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications" that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic.

Obviously, 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...

Concise and to the point, the book will inspire you to rethink your business, your company and how you lead.