Open to Think
Slow Down, Think Creatively and Make Better Decisions
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Dan Pontefract
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While it may not occur to us on a daily basis, there is a widespread cultural tendency toward quick decisions and quick action. This pattern has resulted in many of our society's greatest successes, but even more of its failures. Though the root cause is by no means malicious, we have begun to reward speed over quality, and the negative effects suffered in both our personal and professional lives are potentially catastrophic.
Best-selling author and Chief Envisioner Dan Pontefract offers the solution to this predicament with what he coins "Open Thinking", a cyclical process in which creativity is encouraged, critiquing leads to better decisions, and thoughtful action delivers positive, sustainable results. He proposes a return to balance between the three components of productive thought: dreaming, deciding, and doing.
Based on organizational and societal data, academic research, historical studies, and a wide range of interviews, Open to Think is an appeal for a world of better thinking. Pontefract introduces tangible, actionable strategies to improve the way we think as organizations and individuals.
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Good book for people wanting to climb the corporate ladder and for executives to accelerate high - potential leaders
- By Niel on 06-23-19
By: Ram Charan, and others
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Clarity First
- How Smart Leaders and Organizations Achieve Outstanding Performance
- By: Karen Martin
- Narrated by: Karen Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Through her global consulting projects, keynote speeches, and work with thousands of leaders, Karen has seen first-hand how a pervasive lack of clarity strangles business performance and erodes employee engagement. Ambiguity is the corporate default state, a condition so prevalent that “tolerance for ambiguity” has become a clichéd job requirement. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Not for me - dislike narrator's voice +
- By sharing1 on 10-11-19
By: Karen Martin
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How Did That Happen?
- Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way
- By: Roger Connors, Tom Smith
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Drawing on case studies, many from client companies, the authors show how to establish clear expectations and manage the unmet expectations that inevitably occur. And they offer a positive, principled way that engages hearts and minds. This book can help people at every level---from senior executives to front-line workers---enjoy greater productivity, profitability, and job satisfaction.
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HELP - How Can I Get The Lost Hours Back ?
- By Mike on 09-23-09
By: Roger Connors, and others
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Joy, Inc.
- How We Built a Workplace People Love
- By: Richard Sheridan
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Joy, Inc. offers an inside look at how Sheridan and Menlo created a joyful culture, and shows how any organization can follow their methods for a more passionate team and sustainable, profitable results. Sheridan also shows how to run smarter meetings and build cultural training into your hiring process. Joy, Inc. offers an inspirational blueprint for listeners in any field who want a committed, energizing atmosphere at work - leading to sustainable business results.
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Hey Menlo.
- By Stacey Colón on 03-25-16
By: Richard Sheridan
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Die Empty
- Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
- By: Todd Henry
- Narrated by: Todd Henry
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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Most of us live with the stubborn idea that we'll always have tomorrow to do our most important and valuable work. We fill our days with frantic activity, bouncing from task to task, scrambling to make deadlines and chase the next promotion. But by the end of each day we're often left asking ourselves "did the work I do today really matter?" We feel the ticking of the clock, but we're stuck in first gear, unsure of the path forward and without a road map to guide us.
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Deeeeep sigh. And a tired one at that.
- By Oliver Nielsen on 12-25-13
By: Todd Henry
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The Outstanding Organization
- Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence
- By: Karen Martin
- Narrated by: Karen Martin
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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After two decades in the trenches of helping companies design and build better, more efficient operations, Karen Martin has pinpointed why performance improvement programs usually fail: Chaos, the sneaky but powerful force that frustrates customers, keeps business leaders awake at night, and saps company morale. In The Outstanding Organization, Karen offers a toolbox for combating chaos by creating the organizational conditions that will allow your improvement efforts to return greater gains.
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Good breadth, shallow depth
- By aochoa19 on 02-09-21
By: Karen Martin
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I'm Afraid Debbie From Marketing Has Left for the Day
- How to Use Behavioural Design to Create Change in the Real World
- By: Morten Münster
- Narrated by: David Bateson
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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With more than 50,000 copies sold in Denmark, this book has been on the bestseller list since its publication in 2017. Barack Obama used a secret competitive advantage to win two elections. Companies such as Google, Amazon and Novo Nordisk use the same insight to stir up innovation, increase compliance, improve the work environment and sell more products. And successful management groups in the C20 index have started using it as their preferred strategy. But what kind of insight are we talking about here? The answer is - behavioural design.
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Great, practical summary of behaviour design
- By Elena on 06-01-21
By: Morten Münster
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Designing for Growth
- A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers
- By: Jeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate listeners on one of the hottest trends in business development: "design thinking", or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Jeanne Liedtka's recent book, The Catalyst: How YOU Can Lead Extraordinary Growth, was named a Top Innovation and Design Thinking Book by Business Week. Tim Ogilvie has been hailed as a visionary for his pioneering contributions to service innovation, business model innovation, and customer experience design.
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Audiobook requires regular book
- By GoingGoingGone... on 07-01-18
By: Jeanne Liedtka, and others
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First, Break All the Rules
- What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
- By: Marcus Buckingham, Gallup Press, Jim Harter - foreword
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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They actually have vastly different styles and backgrounds. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They don’t hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They don’t believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They don’t try to help people overcome their weaknesses. And, yes, they even play favorites. In this longtime management bestseller, Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its massive in-depth study of great managers.
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Content is dated
- By A. Yoshida on 09-09-19
By: Marcus Buckingham, and others
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No Ego
- How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results
- By: Cy Wakeman
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
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No Ego is about increasing awareness of just how often individuals are operating out of ego at work, breeding drama and discord rather than innovation and constructive collaboration. It is high time to reinvent leadership thinking. The current work experience is so full of emotional waste that it's seen as a foregone cost in today's business environments. Cy Wakeman teaches straightforward strategies in which this time and energy can be re-commissioned and put toward the value that hired talent is intended to provide.
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It's a good dose of reality, but not enough...
- By Phaethon on 02-25-20
By: Cy Wakeman
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The Oz Principle
- Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability
- By: Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman
- Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
- Length: 8 hrs
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The Oz Principle is the groundbreaking work that demonstrates the vital role of accountability in the achievement of business results and the improvement of both individual and organizational performance. With more than a half million copies sold, The Oz Principle has emerged as one of the most influential and useful business ideas of recent times. The Oz Principle shows how to overcome The Blame Game that is so prevalent in organizations today.
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Trustless Accountability
- By Michael on 04-23-17
By: Roger Connors, and others
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- pauline Mwangi
- 09-06-19
Great book.
very practical skills to learn and understand in order to apply for our success and the success of others
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- Joanne Munroe
- 12-06-18
A Valuable Read for Busy Business Executives
It is hard for Business Leaders to free up time from busy calendars for anything but the pressures of running their Operations. Dan effectively conveys the value of taking time out to think.
The author has done a lot of research and has many great examples from Organizations and Business Executives. And he includes a moving story about his daughter Claire who demonstrates Open Thinking.
Open to Think ‘is about the never-ending and cyclical journey of dreaming, deciding, and doing.’
A valuable read for any busy Business Executive.
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