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Accelerate : building strategic agility for a faster moving world / John P. Kotter.

by Kotter, John P., 1947-

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Harvard Business Review Press, [2014]

Organizational change.

Organizational effectiveness.

Industrial organization.

Strategic planning.

9781625271747 (hc.)

Alternate title:

XLR8 : building strategic agility for a faster moving world

x, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

The limits of hierarchy in a faster moving world -- Seizing opportunities with a dual operating system -- The stakes: a cautionary tale -- Leadership and evolution -- The five principle and 8 accelerators in action -- Relentlessly developing and role modeling urgency -- The big opportunity -- Getting started: Q and A -- The (inevitable) future of strategy.

"Based on his award-winning article 'Accelerate' in Harvard Business Review. It's a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and appoint your best people to make change happen. And it does--but not fast enough. Or effectively enough. Ultimately, things drift back to the default status. Why is this scenario so frequently repeated in industries and organizations across the world? John Kotter provides a powerful new framework for competing and winning in a world of constant turbulence and disruption. Kotter explains how traditional organizational hierarchies evolved to meet the daily demands of running an enterprise. For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. But the reality is, this system simply is not built for an environment where change has become the norm. Kotter advocates a new system--a second, more agile, network-like structure that operates "in concert" with the hierarchy to create what he calls a "dual operating system"--one that allows companies to capitalize on rapid-fire strategic challenges and still make their numbers. The five core principles underlying the new network system, the eight Accelerators that drive it, and how leaders must create urgency in others through role modeling. How the best companies focus and align their people's energy and urgency around what Kotter calls "the big opportunity." If you're a pioneer, a leader who knows that bold change is necessary to survive and thrive in an ever-changing world, this book will help you accelerate into a better, more profitable future"--Provided by publisher.

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