Overview
Foreword by Tom Peters
Internationally known management consultants Nicholas Imparato andOren Harari connect the big picture of our changing civilizationswith the specific practical actions that managers have to take toproduce results today. All organizations are faced with the samechallenge: the need to jump the curve to make significant,discontinuous leaps in their thinking, whether about product,technology, or management style. The alternative to follow currentpractices all the way to their inevitable decline is unacceptable.The authors show us that it is also unnecessary.
Drawing on numerous personal interviews with innovative leadersaround the world, as well as research and first-hand observation,Imparato and Harari identify the four strategicimperatives--innovation, intelligence, coherence, andresponsibility--that will enable companies to successfully jump thecurve and thrive in the emerging epoch. And they show howcutting-edge companies and leaders are translating theseimperatives into action.
Not since the dawn of the Modern Age some five hundred years agohas civilization undergone the kind of profound, rapid-fire changeswe're experiencing today. Even organizations that are adapting,growing and innovating have the gnawing sense that obsolescence isright around the corner. Jumping the Curve offers perspective andguidance for doing business at this unique moment in time. Itconnects the big picture of our changing world with the practicalactions managers must take now to position their organizations forsuccess in a new epoch we can't yet fully see or understand.
Internationally known management consultants Nicholas Imparato andOren Harari connect the big picture of our changing civilizationswith the specific practical actions that managers have to take toproduce results today. All organizations are faced with the samechallenge: the need to jump the curve to make significant,discontinuous leaps in their thinking, whether about product,technology, or management style. The alternative to follow currentpractices all the way to their inevitable decline is unacceptable.The authors show us that it is also unnecessary.
Drawing on numerous personal interviews with innovative leadersaround the world, as well as research and first-hand observation,Imparato and Harari identify the four strategicimperatives--innovation, intelligence, coherence, andresponsibility--that will enable companies to successfully jump thecurve and thrive in the emerging epoch. And they show howcutting-edge companies and leaders are translating theseimperatives into action.
Not since the dawn of the Modern Age some five hundred years agohas civilization undergone the kind of profound, rapid-fire changeswe're experiencing today. Even organizations that are adapting,growing and innovating have the gnawing sense that obsolescence isright around the corner. Jumping the Curve offers perspective andguidance for doing business at this unique moment in time. Itconnects the big picture of our changing world with the practicalactions managers must take now to position their organizations forsuccess in a new epoch we can't yet fully see or understand.
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