Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization (Columbia Business School Publishing) - Hardcover

Hess, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231170246 ISBN 13: 9780231170246

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2014

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Learn or Die in a masterful manner makes it clear that consistent business growth can only be achieved through learning--there is no other way--and that the pace of business change today requires a scientific approach to building a high performance learning organization. For those responsible for leading, Learn or Die should be mandatory reading.--Terry S. Brown, chairman and chief executive officer, Edens Investment Trust

Learn or Die allows the reader to not only to visualize the future, but also, and more importantly, to create the future by unleashing the power and potential of building a learning organization. It has been demonstrated that strategies, systems and processes can be copied by others, yet a company's people, and the way they learn, are true differentiators. Ed Hess captures the essence of a high performing organization and shares his "secret sauce" through an actionable blueprint for becoming a leading-edge learner and creating a high performing organization.--Jeffrey S. Shuman, senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Quest Diagnostics

Ed Hess is doing some of the most interesting and important work in management today and his newest book, Learn or Die, is already my personal favorite. This book is characteristic of all of Ed's work--providing wise but straight-forward and pragmatic advice on finding the right people, creating the right environment and installing the right processes to embed learning. In a globalizing world, where adapting to and learning from difference is likely to be the most critical source of competitive advantage, Learn or Die is a must read for any manager interested in solid, research-based advice on how to survive the increasingly unpredictable, chaotic world we live in.--Jeanne Liedtka, coauthor of Solving Problems with Design Thinking

To achieve and sustain real business success in the 21st century--individual and organizational--you need to understand and leverage the new science of learning. Fortunately, there's "Learn or Die" by Ed Hess, who explains the "why" and "how" better than anybody. This deeply informed, yet practical book provides the new road map for a better "you" and a better company. Read or miss out.--Andy Fleming, CEO, Way to Grow, Inc.

As digital technologies race ahead there is a growing need for creativity and innovation. But how can we build organizations that foster the highest levels of creativity and innovation? Learn or Die is a blueprint for creating such organizations.--Erik Brynjolffson, Co-author, The Second Machine Age

In Learn or Die Ed Hess knits an impressive fabric of insights from widely disparate strands of thought, experience, research, and real cases. Hess harnesses new evidence to challenge old nostrums. Practical and provocative, this book ranges across vital issues such as learning, innovation, team-building, and leadership. Read this book and prosper; read it before your competitor gets to it.--Robert Bruner, Dean, Darden School of Business

This book does a beautiful job bringing together the most important ideas in organizational learning, established by academics and practitioners over the past thirty years or more, into one place.--Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

An excellent book. In Learn or Die, Edward D. Hess captures a central element to enhancing and sustaining success as a business organization or as one of its leaders--being a high-performance learning organization. This book is a thought-provoking study of the technological advances making this need ever more relevant and provides a comprehensive roadmap of the culture, leadership, employee learning behaviors, HR policies and other organizational processes necessary to build and lead such an organization.--Roger Carlile, Executive Vice President and CFO, FTI Consulting

Learn or Die is a thoughtful and easy-to-read synthesis of the leading thinking on organizational and individual learning. Not only does Hess neatly summarizes what a savvy business person needs to know, but he also provides practical suggestions that will allow the reader to take action. This book contains essential lessons on an important topic--I highly recommend it.--Joe Timko, chief strategy officer, ADP

Learn or Die is a tremendous look into the requirements of high performance individual and team learning. Ed Hess does a masterful job of conveying that learning happens best in a humanistic work environment, enabled by leaders who in reality are great coaches striving to serve others. Learn or Die will help anyone who wants to improve themselves--it changes the game.--Sam Presti, executive vice president and general manager of Oklahoma City Thunder

About the Author:

Edward D. Hess is professor of business administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business. He is the author of eleven books, including Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth, which was named a Top 25 business book for business owners by Inc. Magazine and was awarded the Wachovia Award for Research Excellence. His current research focuses on innovation systems and organizational learning cultures, behaviors, and processes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0231170246
• ISBN 13: 9780231170246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288