Complexity and the Nexus of Leadership Leveraging Nonlinear Science to Create Ecologies of Innovation

by Goldstein, Jeffrey; Hazy, James K.; Lichtenstein, Benyamin B.

• ISBN13: 9780230622289
• ISBN10: 0230622283
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Using leadership to generate greater innovation, connectivity, and organizational transformation is crucial for success in this challenging era. The authors present here a new approach to leadership based on findings from complexity science. Integrating real case studies with rigorous research results, they explore the biggest challenges being faced in fast-paced organizations, and provide a host of concrete tools for leading during critical periods, catalyzing novelty, expanding networks, and generating transformative change throughout an organization.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Goldstein is Professor in the School of Business at Adelphi University and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization. James K. Hazy is Founder and CEO of Leadership Science, LLC, and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Adelphi University. Benyamin B. Lichtenstein is Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Table of Contents

Introduction * Leadership in the Cusp of Change * Leadership and the Process of Emergence * Experiments in Novelty * Leveraging the Power of Positive Deviance * The Critical Role of Interaction Resonance * Increasing Connectivity through Smart Networks * Leading Toward Convergence * Conclusion: Sustaining an Ecology of Innovation