Consider: Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking In Your Organization - Hardcover

Forrester, D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230106072 ISBN 13: 9780230106079

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

There's an intangible and invisible market place within our lives today where the 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.  While technology allows us to act and react more quickly than ever before, we are taking increasingly less time to consider our decisions before we make them.  Reflection supplies an arsenal of ideas and solutions to the right problems.  The organizations and leaders who can sustain thought upon the right problems, while they absorb the unknowns that will inevitably arise, will prove the most relevant and lasting in this already turbulent new century.

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Review

'Daniel Forrester has sliced through the paradox of our time: while the world seems to want you to go ever faster and keep up with ever more, it actually rewards you for being insightful and for doing work with meaning. I know it's hard to slow down to read this, but you should.' - Seth Godin, author of Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

'While technological improvements make it easier to both act and act quickly, this powerful book reminds us about the value of reflection. Invest the time to read this wonderful work. Your professional and personal actions will be that much more impactful when they are informed by its insights on thoughtfulness.' - Mark Zupan, Dean and Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester

'Speed and action have replaced well thought out strategic thinking. Daniel provides a valuable guide on how to strategically think and analyze before we act. This first rate book is a must read for leaders in every facet of our society.' - General Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Retired)

'Daniel Forrester singles out what is potentially the largest opportunity for corporations and governments of our time: the power of deep reflection at all levels of the organization. Through persuasive and insightful examples he provides evidence that more and better think time is a value creating proposition. He also contributes useful recommendations to actually implement think time habits in your organizations. Anyone in the corporate world should read this book; it may transform your company.' - Sergio A. Pernice, MBA Director and Professor of Organizational Design and Financial Engineering and Risk Management, UCEMA Business School, Argentina

Book Description

A guide to reflection and consideration for decision-making in the twenty-first century

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0230106072
• ISBN 13: 9780230106079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260