Beating the Global Odds

ISBN-13: 9781118347119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 224 str.

Paul Laudicina

Opis

The Answer to Global Overload Contending with the 24/7 news cycle and an endless barrage of choices and information has stymied leadership and decision-making strategies among those at the top. But we all know, this is not a just a problem for the elite. The broad-based reaction to this chaotic, unmanageable assault has been to retrench, and to focus on immediate, controllable decisions. In the process, we lose sight of the horizon. More dangerous still, is the shift we've seen from value creation to wealth creation, where information technology 1.0 has enabled a transaction-based society in which the -deal- is more important than the value it drives or the relationships it is based on. On our current path, the odds of a better future are slim. What we need is a new value proposition. Beating the Global Odds is the answer to the dangers of too much of a good thing. There's no going back, but there is the opportunity to set things right. In this book, Paul A. Laudicina, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board of global consulting firm A.T. Kearney, provides a fast-paced and engaging tour of how we got to this point and what we can do about it. Drawing on examples from everything from world history and current media to anecdotes from his vast network of CEOs and the world's most innovative thinkers, Laudicina helps bring our world of seemingly fuzzy and disconnected pixels into sharp focus. The result is a compelling case for change and call to action--not only for global leaders but also for everyone who struggles with the question of how we can inspire and seize a better future... how we can beat the global odds.

Spis treści

Foreword xi

Introduction Seizing the Future Is (Fortunately) Not a Game of Chance 1

Chapter 1 Global Brain Freeze 13

Nonstop Overstimulation Brings Disorientation

Chapter 2 Fast and Fickle 27

The Ever–Shorter Half–Life of Everything

Chapter 3 Rudderless World 45

Angry Populism, Incapacitated Government, and Stray Capitalism

Chapter 4 Lighten the Load and Make

It Sesame Street Simple 73

Chapter 5 Repair Your Social Fabric 87

Why Relationships Always Trump Transactions

Chapter 6 Don t Wait for the Next Big Thing 101

Chapter 7 Open the Aperture 125

Widen Your Lens, But Do So with Discernment

Chapter 8 Turning Pixels into a Clearer Picture 147

Applying Scenario Thinking to Make a Better Future Possible

Epilogue: The Next Chapter 177

Afterword 181

Selected Bibliography 187

Acknowledgments 191

About the Author 195

Index 197

O autorze

Paul A. Laudicina is the CEO, chairman of the board, and managing partner at global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, and the founder and chairman of the firm′s Global Business Policy Council. With over forty years of professional experience in government, research, business, and at the United Nations, he has worked with leaders from all backgrounds across a broad range of strategic, corporate, and public policy issues. The author of World Out of Balance, one of the top business books of 2005, Laudicina was named to Consulting magazine′s annual ranking of the "Top 25 Most Influential Consultants" in 2005 and 2007.

Blurb

PRAISE FOR BEATING THE GLOBAL ODDS

"As countries, companies, and individuals seek to solve the calculus for sustainable growth, this brisk and compelling volume by one of the world′s foremost business strategists couldn′t have come at a better time."
Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca–Cola Company

"A tour de force. Great leaders, and those who aspire to leadership, should focus on and absorb the important lessons of Beating the Global Odds."
Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman and founder, World Economic Forum

"By drawing on a huge diversity of sources, by encouraging us all to become ′discerning omnivores,′ and by applying the sum of his own peerless experience, Paul Laudicina helps us understand not just what needs to be done but also how to do it."
Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP

"Laudicina blends ... the insights he gained from successfully turning around one of the most respected consulting firms with the best lessons management theorists and social scientists have to offer ... an indispensable book crisp, original, easy to read, practical, and inspirational all at the same time."
Moisés Naím, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment; author, The End of Power: Why It′s Easier to Get, Harder to Use, and Nearly Impossible to Keep

"Beating the Global Odds shows us how to turn the desire to win into action through concrete, pragmatic, realistic advice."
Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi

"A concise and gripping breviary for the knowledge economy of the twenty–first century the distilled wisdom of a thinker and a doer, a rare breed in the boardrooms of the world."
Josef Joffe, Editor, Die Zeit, Hamburg; Senior Fellow, Stanford University

"Beating the Global Odds is a timely wake–up call for today′s CEOs, who must work harder than ever to seize the opportunities and manage the acute risks."
John Quelch, Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai