Kirjahaku

Most businesses, even some of the world's biggest, aren't deliberately designed but instead evolve out of an entrepreneurial idea, which is further tweaked over time - what I call an organic business. Most of us try to get by with such businesses - in Australia that's called "She'll be right", in other words whatever is wrong with the business will correct itself in time.That's not necessarily a bad thing, and it works out for some of us. But a little design goes a long way.In this book, we're going to explore how to deliberately design and build your best business for growth in the first five steps of our Design for Growth coaching model and how to design your best life in the sixth and final(-ish) step. "-ish"? In our approach you don't stop tinkering with your business or your work-life. You always be fine tuning both.We're going to look at how to unpack your business on both the revenue and cost sides of your model. We'll look at how to identify the political, economic, social and technological trends that are driving your businesses present and future. Competitive intelligence is all about building your awareness of where your business sits in the markets and segments that you operate in. We'll then look at how you evaluate your position. Based on that evaluation we look at how you can redesign your business for growth by manipulating the building blocks that comprise your revenue streams and cost structure.With the remodelling started, we then look at how you can best manage your personal cash, assets, and life in general to better integrate work with life.

For most people in the Western World life is relatively good but work less so. People fall into one of four work-life styles: surviving, cruising, existing or thriving. Many of those living in the first three aspire to live in the last. They want to thrive and get more out of life. Maing the move to a Life Unleashed is what this book, the second in a series of three, is about. Building on Breakthrough: Foundations of a Life Unleashed, in this book Clive takes a look at people's physiological performance, psychological performance, relationships and physical environment. He then turns to look at people's professional positioning, competences and the returns they get on their investment in their positioning and competences. The book finishes with a consideration of how to resolve friction and tension between different spheres of our lives, looking to promote integration between work and wider life. Release draws on Clive's deep personal experiences in work and life. He combines these with cutting edge thinking in leadership, management, business strategy and operations, wellness and psychology, coupled to large doses of common sense and a highly developed sense of the improtance of accountability. The work is shot through with examples and poses questions to enable readers to continue their journey.

Wicked problems can never be solved-they can only be tamed.And they're a lot more common than we might think. The wickedest problems include the climate crisis, war, terrorism, pandemics and mass refugee migrations. In organisations, we see wicked problems like environmental accidents, hostile takeovers, sexual harassment, health and safety failures, product recalls, industrial espionage and reputational damage.Taming wicked problems requires people to be skilled in critical thinking, decision making, and complex problem solving. But frequently, our organisations and people aren't trained to be able to do these things.In Sorted, risk and crisis management specialist Dr Clive Smallman thoughtfully and elegantly teaches how you can: Spot and identify wicked problems before they ariseTame wicked problems and contain their impactLearn from wicked problems to build reliably safe organisationsFoster resilient, wicked leadership within yourselfOnce you can spot, tame and learn from wicked problems, you'll be well on your way to turning wicked problems into wicked opportunities.

Wicked problems can never be solved-they can only be tamed.And they're a lot more common than we might think. The wickedest problems include the climate crisis, war, terrorism, pandemics and mass refugee migrations. In organisations, we see wicked problems like environmental accidents, hostile takeovers, sexual harassment, health and safety failures, product recalls, industrial espionage and reputational damage.Taming wicked problems requires people to be skilled in critical thinking, decision making, and complex problem solving. But frequently, our organisations and people aren't trained to be able to do these things.In Sorted, risk and crisis management specialist Dr Clive Smallman thoughtfully and elegantly teaches how you can: Spot and identify wicked problems before they ariseTame wicked problems and contain their impactLearn from wicked problems to build reliably safe organisationsFoster resilient, wicked leadership within yourselfOnce you can spot, tame and learn from wicked problems, you'll be well on your way to turning wicked problems into wicked opportunities.