Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451697627 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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But the standard methods for tackling these challenges—meetings packed with data-drenched presentations or brainstorming sessions that circle back to nowhere—just don’t deliver. The book also includes a “Starter Kit” full of tools and tips for putting the book’s core principles into practice.. Two leading experts on designing strategic conversations unveil a simple, creative process that allows teams to tackle their most challenging issues.In our fast-changing world, leaders are increasingly confronted by messy, multifaceted challenges that require collaboration to resolve. Drawing on decades of experience as innovation strategists—and supported by cutting-edge social science research, dozens of real-life examples, and interviews with well over 100 thought leaders, executives, and fellow practitioners— they unveil a simple, creative process that leaders and their teams can use to unlock solutions to their most vexing issues. Great strategic conversations generate breakthrough insights by combining the best ideas of people with different backgrounds and perspectives. In this book, two experts “crack the code” on what it takes to design creative, collaborative problem-solving sessions that soar rather than sink
A frequent public speaker and guest lecturer, she lives with her husband and two daughters in the San Francisco Bay Area. Chris Ertel has been designing strategic conversations for fifteen years as an advisor to senior executives of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and large nonprofits. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and daughter.Lisa Kay Solomon teaches innovation at the groundbreaking
Ian Mann said The world we operate in today is a bit like an amusement park. The world we operate in today is a bit like an amusement park: it’s full of thrilling rides—just not all of them are fun, authors Ertel and Solomon point out. The military have an official term for an environment like this, the acronym VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.In the world of business new competitors emerge suddenly and apparently out of nowhere: disruptive technologies destroy entrenched business models with frightening speed.Consider the Flip Video, an ultra-cheap video recorder that anyone could use. Developed in a small office above a jewellery stor. Z. Li said Powerful and lucid pragmatic guide for both newbies & experts. I highly recommend this book to anyone trying to lead and spur effective change in an organization (whether business, non-profit or otherwise) or community in the face of future uncertainties, challenges, opportunities etc. - it's not just for management consultants and Fortune 500 executives. The book is packed with a great variety and range of insights about how to create and maintain effective "strategic conversations" to address these issues, drawing upon the authors' decades of consulting experience and a well-curated range of expert sources in strategy, design, and group dynamics (their reco. Practical, witty, strategic and engaging I thought this was an excellent book. Super accessible, engaging writing with great examples. Practical advice broken down into simple frameworks to remember things by. It was obvious that the authors approached the task as they would a strategic conversation in real life — and I appreciated the thoughtfulness they bought to considering how to share their expertise with others. The authors have definitely written this with the corporate world in mind and it is definitely not a 'design thinking' book but more about bringing a mindfulness to the goals and how to realize them when planning
More telling are the all-too-vibrant case histories of companies that have experienced the doom loop, such as Flip Video (after its acquisition by Cisco Systems) and Encyclopaedia Britannica, damaged by Wikipedia and other competitors. From Booklist In this book about meetings—and designing them for productivity and impact—Ertel and Solomon have crafted a compelling methodology to making critical decisions in any company. --Barbara Jacobs . The authors do a darn good job of stepping readers through the process (especially since there is a starter kit included), but they also make the text a bit more complicated and meandering than needed. The construct, on the surface, is simple: five principles (all of which have to be present) must be incorporated, from defining the purpose and engaging multiple perspectives to frame issues, setting the scene, and making it an experience. Specif