Waiting for the Mountain to Move: Reflections on Work and Life

ISBN-13: 9780787946593 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str.

Charles Handy

Opis

-Handy writes with the eloquence of simplicity and his gift to us is an enjoyable, profound, and reliable guide toward meaning and direction.---Max De Pree, author of Leading without Power and chairman emeritus, Herman Miller Inc. Charles Handy's reflections on work and life have earned him legions of fans throughout the world. His previous books have together sold over a million copies. And his -Thought for the Day- series on BBC radio is celebrated throughout the U.K. Now present and future fans in America can sample what his BBC listeners have enjoyed for so long. Waiting for the Mountain to Move includes the gifted commentator's best essays, culled from ten years of radio broadcasts. These succinct writings draw poignant lessons from everyday occurrences and cause us to examine our lives, our institutions, and our society in a different and revealing light. NOT FOR SALE OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA

Recenzje

"Charles Handy is a brave and passionate teacher willing to risk prophecy. He writes with the eloquence of simplicity and his gift to us is an enjoyable, profound and reliable guide toward meaning and direction." —Max De Pree, author and chairman emeritus, Herman Miller Inc

"A book from Charles Handy can be compared to a fine wine: beautifully balanced, smooth yet provocative, and a topic of conversation long after the final sip." —Professional Marketing

Spis treści

By Way of Introduction.

Waiting for the Mountain to Move.

Buffalo Bill or Me?

Pope Leo X and Kant.

On Planting a Walnut Tree.

Sticking Points.

Idiosyncrasy Credits.

Negative Capability.

Trust and the Plumber.

Last Month We Closed a Factory.

Chindogu.

Type Two Accountability.

Compromise.

Seven Intelligences.

Home for Christmas.

Life is Not a Dress Rehearsal .

The God of Small Things.

The White Stone.

Rat Races and Whirlpools.

The Dandelions.

The Lure of the Zeros.

Fifty Thousand Hours.

Marathons Not Horse Races.

Cousin Molly and Degas.

Organizations for Masochists.

Fixed Intangible Assets.

Life′s Open Questions.

1/2 x 2 x 3.

Beyond the Market.

The Message of the Chimney.

The Family Tree.

A Grandmother′s Funeral.

The Heart of the Matter.

Borrowing from the Grandchildren.

The Autumn Cull.

Where No Phones Ring.

Virtual Villages.

Blame It On the Greeks.

The Pendulum Principle.

Go and He Goeth Not.

Chinese Contracts.

A Tower of Babel.

The "They" Syndrome.

The Greener Grass.

Fish Soup.

Group Think.

Glooming in the Bath.

Subsidiary.

The F′s and the P′s.

We Are All Alchemists.

A Holy Place.

Land Mines and Lottery Tickets.

Quality.

Who Needs a Whip?

Entrepreneurs All.

Simple Idolatry.

Sign It!.

The Choir of Male Convenience.

Learning From Misdoing.

The Antigone Principle.

The Win–Win Contract.

Blinded By Stereotypes.

The Point of Principle.

Three– Faced Justice.

The Missing Words.

Enterprise for What?

Image Enhancement.

Jesus Was Lame.

Horizontal Fast Tracks.

Hi –Touch for Hi–Tech.

Picture Framing.

Gyroscopes for Morals.

Masaccio′s Trinity.

Degrees for Life.

The Compost Theory.

SPG.

Postscript: The Mystery of the Universe.

O autorze

CHARLES HANDY was born in Kildare, Ireland, in 1932, and was for many years a professor at the London Business School. From 1977 to 1981, Handy served as warden of St. George′s House in Windsor Castle, a private conference and study center concerned with ethics and values in society. He is now an indepAndent writer and broadcaster who describes himself, these days, as a social philosopher.

Blurb

Charles Handy′s reflections on work and life have earned him legions of fans throughout the world. His previous books have together sold over a million copies. And his "Thought for the Day" series on BBC radio is celebrated throughout the U.K.

Now Handy′s fans in America–present and future–can sample what his BBC listeners have enjoyed for so long. Waiting for the Mountain to Move includes sixty–five of this gifted commentator′s best essays, culled from ten years of radio broadcasts. Often scripted to fill the three–minute slots allotted those broadcasts, each essay is a brief but brilliant flash of wisdom and inspiration that illuminates and explores questions we all grapple with (or ought to) every working day.

With titles including "Life Is Not a Dress Rehearsal," "Trust and the Plumber," and "Learning from Misdoing," these writings wring poignant lessons from common occurrences and cause us to examine our lives, our institutions, and our society in a different and revealing light. The essays—sometimes sober, sometimes humorous—touch on a wide range of subjects, but Handy′s pervasive goal is to help others find meaning and purpose in life by bringing their selves and their work, their "being and doing," closer together.

Through these essays, it′s easy to see why Charles Handy is often regarded as the most influential business author and social philosopher of our times.