Johan Roos

In a world where algorithms write strategies, generate designs, and analyse markets, what makes your work truly matter? Whether you're anxious about AI or eager to use it well, Human Magic reveals that your irreplaceable advantage lies not in competing with machines but in cultivating five distinctly human capabilities: curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. At the centre lies practical wisdom—the meta-capability that orchestrates them all. Drawing on three decades of research across hundreds of organizations and pioneering one of business education's first comprehensive AI integrations, Johan Roos shows why these capabilities become more valuable in the age of AI. Each chapter follows a deliberate rhythm: grounding capabilities in historical wisdom, revealing how AI can erode them, then offering amplification practices and self-assessments to help readers strengthen what makes them irreplaceable. Discover how to move from feeling like "AI concierges" to becoming irreplaceable partners who shape outcomes that truly matter.

In a world where algorithms write strategies, generate designs, and analyse markets, what makes your work truly matter? Whether you're anxious about AI or eager to use it well, Human Magic reveals that your irreplaceable advantage lies not in competing with machines but in cultivating five distinctly human capabilities: curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. At the centre lies practical wisdom—the meta-capability that orchestrates them all. Drawing on three decades of research across hundreds of organizations and pioneering one of business education's first comprehensive AI integrations, Johan Roos shows why these capabilities become more valuable in the age of AI. Each chapter follows a deliberate rhythm: grounding capabilities in historical wisdom, revealing how AI can erode them, then offering amplification practices and self-assessments to help readers strengthen what makes them irreplaceable. Discover how to move from feeling like "AI concierges" to becoming irreplaceable partners who shape outcomes that truly matter.

Despite decades of efforts to promote gender equality, most leadership positions in business, politics, education, and even NGOs are occupied by men, and most people still work in occupations dominated by one sex. This book argues that gender imbalances in leadership and occupations are not simply a moral issue or an economic issue, but a governance issue. Gender imbalances persist in large part because the very people with the authority and influence to do something about them know very little about gender and how it works in their organizations and in society at large. Gender imbalanced governance is an expression of entrenched ideas about masculinity and femininity that lead to poor decision making. Improving the quality of governance requires action to counteract the main justifications for the status quo. Based on interviews and conversations with leaders and managers in Europe and the United States, the book presents seven of the most common explanations for persistent gender imbalances and shows how they are based on common stereotypes and myths about men's and women's abilities and preferences. This book provides a guided tour of current research about gender from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It challenges commonly held assumptions and offers alternative explanations and corresponding principles to guide individual decisions, action, and behaviour toward achieving gender balance.

Despite decades of efforts to promote gender equality, most leadership positions in business, politics, education, and even NGOs are occupied by men, and most people still work in occupations dominated by one sex. This book argues that gender imbalances in leadership and occupations are not simply a moral issue or an economic issue, but a governance issue. Gender imbalances persist in large part because the very people with the authority and influence to do something about them know very little about gender and how it works in their organizations and in society at large. Gender imbalanced governance is an expression of entrenched ideas about masculinity and femininity that lead to poor decision making. Improving the quality of governance requires action to counteract the main justifications for the status quo. Based on interviews and conversations with leaders and managers in Europe and the United States, the book presents seven of the most common explanations for persistent gender imbalances and shows how they are based on common stereotypes and myths about men's and women's abilities and preferences. This book provides a guided tour of current research about gender from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It challenges commonly held assumptions and offers alternative explanations and corresponding principles to guide individual decisions, action, and behaviour toward achieving gender balance.

Intellectual Capital refers to one of the most important sources of business advantage - the knowledge within the organisation of how to create value for customers. This is reflected in the transformation of society into knowledge work and the increasing difference between the book value and the market value of companies. This book addresses the issue of how to develop a system for visualising and measuring intellectual capital.

Intellectual Capital refers to one of the most important sources of business advantage - the knowledge within the organisation of how to create value for customers. This is reflected in the transformation of society into knowledge work and the increasing difference between the book value and the market value of companies. This book addresses the issue of how to develop a system for visualising and measuring intellectual capital.

This book highlights the challenges for firms operating in industries where traditional boundaries are vanishing and a totally new business landscape unfolds. This puts significant demand on the top management teams and their ability to perceive and interpret phenomena and patterns emerging that may influence strategy. Based upon observation of and involvement in the strategy processes of three media firms a framework for strategy processes is proposed and a practical outline of how new strategy processes should be developed is presented.

This book highlights the challenges for firms operating in industries where traditional boundaries are vanishing and a totally new business landscape unfolds. This puts significant demand on the top management teams and their ability to perceive and interpret phenomena and patterns emerging that may influence strategy. Based upon observation of and involvement in the strategy processes of three media firms a framework for strategy processes is proposed and a practical outline of how new strategy processes should be developed is presented.

This book presents a new view of organizations which has important implications for the theory, methods and practice of management. For several years the boundaries of political science, sociology and other fields in the social sciences have been significantly rethought with the help of autopoiesis theory. The authors examine how this theory can be applied in the organization and management field, by an increased focus on knowledge and the processes of knowledge development and guidance. Intended as a standard reference for all those involved in the study of advanced organizations, Organizational Epistemology will be welcomed by graduate students, researchers and reflective practitioners alike.

This book presents a new view of organizations which has important implications for the theory, methods and practice of management. For several years the boundaries of political science, sociology and other fields in the social sciences have been significantly rethought with the help of autopoiesis theory. The authors examine how this theory can be applied in the organization and management field, by an increased focus on knowledge and the processes of knowledge development and guidance. Intended as a standard reference for all those involved in the study of advanced organizations, Organizational Epistemology will be welcomed by graduate students, researchers and reflective practitioners alike.

Strategic alliances are becoming increasingly important as a long-term response to the move towards globalization of businesses, and to their need to learn and adapt quickly, gain access to new markets, and diffuse new technologies. In this comprehensive informative and practical text the authors delvop: An analysis of over 30 alliances in the US, Japan and Europe. A blueprint for successfully forming and implementing an alliance. Practical case histories of nine successful and unsuccessful alliances which highlight benefits and drawbacks. Highly successful in hardback, this book is now available in paperback for undergraduate and MBA students of corporate strategy and international business.

Strategi er viktig for enhver virksomhet, enten man driver kommersielt eller ikke. Denne boken gir en grunnleggende forståelse av strategifaget både på teoretisk og praktisk nivå. Den gir et rammeverk for å utvikle virksomhetens strategi og viser flere måter å angripe strategiarbeidet i organisasjoner på. Boken presenterer den klassiske strategiprosessen fra utforming av visjon, forretningsidé og mål, via ekstern og intern analyse til valg av strategi, iverksettelse og evaluering av yteevne, men også alternative tilnærminger til strategiformulering og iverksettelse. Faget har gjennomgått vesentlige endringer de siste årene, og denne utgaven innebærer en betydelig revidering og inkluderer nyere grep innen strategi. Boken diskuterer spesifikt den effekten covid-19-pandemien, digitalisering, det grønne skiftet og utviklingen av den multipolare verden har på samfunnet og internasjonale relasjoner, menneskelig atferd, organisasjoner, strategier, forretningsmodeller og strategiprosessen. Boken retter seg mot ledere som ønsker en faglig oppdatering og referansekilde, og mot studenter som ønsker eller trenger en grunnleggende introduksjon til strategifaget og til strategiske nøkkelbegreper. Dr. Göran Roos er daglig leder i konsulentselskapet Intellectual Capital Services i London og har jobbet som konsulent i over 50 land. Han innehar eller har innehatt akademiske posisjoner ved universiteter i syv land og sitter i redaksjonsrådet i flere internasjonale akademiske tidsskrifter og i bedriftsstyrer. Han er også medlem av Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) og Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (IVA). Dr. Georg von Krogh er professor ved ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Han leder også det internasjonale rådgivningsutvalget ved Norges forskningsråd og er aktiv konsulent i Europa og Nord-Amerika. Dr. Johan Roos er Executive Director for Vienna Center for Management Innovation ved Peter Drucker Society Europe og presidentrådgiver ved Hult International Business School. Han har ledet flere handelshøyskoler, grunnlagt sveitsiske Imagination Lab Foundation, er medoppfinner av LEGO Serious Play® og er medlem av Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaper i Danmark.