Review:
'In these troubled times it takes Lessem and Schieffer and just a handful of others to remind us that sustainable wealth can only be created by generating wealth for other people. Hooked as we are on own speculative self-interests, we ignore the challenges of transforming our own systems. It is time to pay heed to those showing us how wealth arises from voluntary reciprocity, as opposed to unilateral manipulation of assets.' - Prof. Charles Hampden-Turner, School of Engineering, Cambridge University, UK '...draws from the very best examples from the past, recognises the realities of today and seeks to develop innovative solutions for the future. It is welcomed by the International Business Leaders Forum which itself is committed to leadership transformation.' Adam Leach, Chief Executive, International Business Leaders Forum, UK '...With their book, Lessem and Schieffer present everyone with the opportunity to understand and perform a transformation of their business model. "Transformation Management" is therefore an outstanding piece in today's management literature.' - Dr Ibrahim Abouleish, Founder & President of Sekem Group, Egypt, Recipient of the "Right Livelihood Award" (Alternative Nobel Prize) 'Transformation Management is one of those rare management approaches that builds on the culture of particular worlds, enabling politicians, businessmen and civic activists, to build integral institutions upon our own local soils, while taking account of the wisdom of others.' - Mfuniselwa J. Bhengu Esq., Member of South African Parliament, Author of "Ubuntu: The Essence of Democracy"and "Ubuntu: A Global Philosophy for Humankind" 'Over the past two decades China has transformed from a command economy to a socialist market economy with many social, economic and environmental challenges to be addressed and overcome. Looking ahead, the world's economic landscape will be very different than it is now and there is an urgent need to seek innovative solutions to the world's burning issues. Transformation Management makes an important contribution to the thinking that will be a necessary foundation for new approaches to the role of business in society. - Prof. Dong Keyong, Dean of the School of Public Administration, The Renmin University of China. 'This book and the "Transformation and Innovation" series as a whole represent a logical development of the globalisation genre of books, many of which have been reviewed here. Now that the process of globalisation and the marketing potential it offers have been pretty well documented, it is only natural that analysis should move to deeper, more subtle, issues. This volume, and the series generally, are excellent examples of this change in emphasis, and as such they represent a valuable extension of the globalisation literature.' Economic Outlook and Business Review
About the Author:
Professor Ronnie Lessem is a graduate of Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He has been an adjunct professor at IMD, Lausanne and is now Director of the Trans-cultural Centre and programmes at the University of Buckingham, UK. Ronnie Lessem was the managing director of a clothing business in South Africa and he has acted as a consultant and adviser on organisational learning, knowledge creation and cross-cultural management to international companies such as the Anglian Water Group in the UK. He is currently working with Virgin Group companies. Professor Lessem has written over twenty books on subjects including organisational development, change and transformation. Dr Alexander Schieffer studied economics, business administration, law and social sciences at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland. He also gained a Doctorate in Leadership at St Gallen. Dr Schieffer is a member of the Society for Organisational Learning and the World Business Academy. He has published a variety of articles and books in the last ten years. Both authors run doctoral programmes at Bethel University, USA , and Buckingham University, UK on Social and Economic Innovation, and are currently designing curricula for sustainable business and economics at Sekem's Heliopolis University in Egypt. They are co-founders of the Geneva-based TRANS4M Four World Center for Social Innovation. www.trans-4-m.com
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