Culture Shock A Handbook For 21st Century Business

by Mcinnes, Will

• ISBN13: 9781118312438
• ISBN10: 1118312430
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-10-04
• Publisher: Capstone

Summary

A new dawn has broken, Business has changed profoundly in the past five years alone - and that change, fueled by technology and a volatile global economy, is accelerating. Despite this, most business culture largely remains unchanged - the majority of organizations are closed, secretive, siloed, slow to change and deeply hierarchical. There's a revolution afoot, and a new business culture spreading. Its values are Connectedness, Openness, Participation, Happiness and Simplicity. This book provides a single-shot update into the culture of these revolutionary businesses to provide actionable insights for those that know intuitively that business can be fundamentally good as well as highly profitable.

Author Biography

Will McInnes is the co- founder and managing director of Nixon McInnes, (www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk) one of the hottest online marketing and social consultancy companies in the UK. Nixon McInnnes is one of the 40 most democratic businesses in the world, and one of only two UK companies to sit in the top 100 as certified by WorldBlu, a non-proft organization that promotes democratic companies and helps create democratic workplaces.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction 1

Chapter One: Purpose and Meaning 5

Chapter Two: Democracy and Empowerment 31

Chapter Three: Progressive People 67

Chapter Four: Conscious Leadership 101

Chapter Five: Organizational Openness 129

Chapter Six: Change Velocity 161

Chapter Seven: Tech DNA 197

Chapter Eight: Fair Finances 227

Conclusion 261

Acknowledgements 267

About Will McInnes 271

Index 273