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The Transformation Myth
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The Transformation Myth

Leading Your Organization through Uncertain Times (Management on the Cutting Edge)

Anh Nguyen Phillips, Rich Nanda, Jonathan R. Copulsky and Gerald C Kane
MIT Press, 2023

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8

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Concrete Examples
  • Inspiring

Recommendation

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated just how rapidly an unanticipated new context could radically disrupt organizations, necessitating leaders to step up and transform crises into opportunities. Gerald C. Kane, Rich Nanda, Anh Nguyen Phillips and Jonathan R. Copulsky draw from their backgrounds in consulting and academia, offering research-backed approaches to navigating uncertainty and scenario planning for a complex future. Their advice encompasses how to tackle disruption with a growth mindset and ways to harness the power of new technologies, such as cloud computing, AI and machine learning – empowering you to emerge from crises a better leader.

Take-Aways

  • Thrive during a crisis by embracing a growth mindset and leveraging opportunities.
  • Steer teams through crises by clarifying your organizational “why,” “how” and “what.”
  • Scenario-plan all possible futures, while mitigating bias.

About the Authors

Rich Nanda leads the strategy practice at Deloitte Consulting, LLP, where he is a principal. Anh Nguyen Phillips serves as the research director of Deloitte’s Global CEO Program. Jonathan R. Copulsky is a senior marketing lecturer at Northwestern University. Gerald C. Kane is the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair in Business Administration. Kane, Nguyen Phillips and Copulsky co-authored (with Garth R. Andrus) The Technology Fallacy: How People are the Key to Digital Transformation.

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