The power of paradox harness the energy of competing ideas to uncover radically innovative solutions
We’re so often faced with apparent paradoxes: continuity and change, conservatism and progressiveness, predictability and chaos. In business, inherent tensions are mistakenly viewed as problems to be resolved once the “correct” answer is found. But when we consider only one direction either A or B w...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pompton Plains, New Jersey :
Career Press
2014.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629525206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Author's notes: how paradox thinking is natural and learned
- Introduction
- The process : unleashing the power of paradox
- Paradox thinking : what is it and why use it?
- The ABC's of using paradox thinking
- Identifying paradoxes in any organization
- The importance of leaders at all levels
- Implementing the process
- Building the model
- Developing action steps
- Identifying and using metrics to stay on target
- Respecting context and complexity
- Results of implementing the process
- Going operational
- Success (and failure) stories
- Appendix: A how-to summary
- Index
- About the author.
