Books
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What The Hell Do We Do Now? An Enterprise Guide to COVID-19 and Beyond (2020)
For all the talk of '2020 vision' over the past few years, it turns out we had some pretty big cataracts. What The Hell Do We Do Now?
2020 has been a year of significant disruption to organisations all around the world. By the end of February, bushfires, protests, riots, drone strikes, impeachments, and stock market crashes had shocked the world. Britain left the European Union, and the COVID-19 pandemic shook business, the global economy, and society to its core. The events of 2020 have profoundly changed our priorities and operations. In these times where business, society, and the economy are being reshaped, we have also seen people and organisations step up and forge their path into the Next Normal.
In What The Hell Do We Do Now?, 18 authors explore the tools and frameworks that can help you and your organisation navigate and emerge from crisis in better shape than when you entered it. The contributors draw on their own research across a wide range of domains including Psychology, Systems Thinking, Genetics, Strategic Foresight and Neurodiversity. The book follows the narrative arc of Victoria Lynn Schmidt's Heroine's Journey, a journey of being thrust into chaos and returning transformed through the challenges faced.
If the events of 2020 have left you wondering 'What The Hell Do We Do Now?', this book will serve as a blueprint to stepping confidently into our uncertain future.
Thriving in Complexity: The Art & Science of Discovering Opportunity in the New Normal (2019)
History tells us that we can't predict the future - flying cars and robot housemates, anyone? But that lack of certainty doesn't mean the we can't prepare and position for the potential futures we might face. In fact, it's never been more important that we do, because change and uncertainty is the new normal.
A handbook for harnessing opportunity, Thriving in Complexity profiles a range of organisations who have responded differently to change and complexity, and unlocks the secrets of success in doing so.
Thriving in Complexity will help you to:
Identify and respond to threats and opportunities facing your organisation in the future;
Create compelling scenarios and experiments to test and scale initiatives;
Use experimentation techniques to gather evidence and data as the future unfolds; and
Build organisational agility and strategies that are informed by the future, not just the present and the past.