Consider: harnessing the power of reflective thinking in your organization

There's an intangible and invisible market place within our lives today wherethe products traded are four fold: attention, distraction, data and meaning. The stories and examples within Consider demonstrate that the best decisions, insights, ideas and outcomes result when we make sufficient time to think and reflect. Daniel Patrick Forrester is a strategist and management consultant with over fifteen years' experience leading complex strategy and technology evolutionengagements for senior executives from Fortune 100 and 500 companies, and federal government organizations. He is currently a Director and Executive withinSapient Government Services, a subsidiary of Sapient Corporation. INDICE: Introduction: The Space Between Data and Meaning * Chapter 1: The Human Need for Think Time: of Business, Interleaving, and Solving Big Problems* Chapter 2: Forcing Think Time: Of Presidential Commutes, Personal Battle Rhythms & Making Time to Wonder.* Chapter 3: Thinking Out Loud: Of Terminal Niceness, Intellectual Awkwardness & Real Dialogues * Chapter 4: Promoting Think Time: Of Intellectual Freedom, Digital Books &Manly Refrigerators * Chapter 5:Let's Take a Step Back: From Abusing E-mail to Exceptional Organizations * Chapter 6: TOO BIG TO THINK? OF CASSANDRAS & COGNITIVE DISSONANCE * Chapter 7: Rapid Contemplation: Rethinking War in the Middle of War * Chapter 8: OUTSIDE THE DAY-to-DAY FROM RADICAL SABATTICALS TO UNLEASHING REFLECTIVE CAPACITY * Chapter 9: Reflection & Extreme Situations:From Commanders Intent, To Finding the Middle Ground * Chapter 10: The Future of Think Time and Reflection: From Sovereign Debt to Subway Performances.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10607-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 10/02/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés