The Resilient Organization: How Adaptive Cultures Thrive Even When Strategy Fails

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A "RESILIENT" ORGANIZATION? It means you are not a prisoner of past performance good or bad; you dont rely on the right leader alone for success but build the capability to be resilient into the organization. You constantly rehearse the culture of anticipating and responding to change and you innovate even when you dont yet need to. You dont just survive you thrive--amidst challenge and opportunity. This essential guide written by a renowned expert in global resilience strategy shows you how to be smart about success and failure. With these field-testedforward-focused tools you can: SURVIVE SHOCKS AND SETBACKS TURN THREATS INTO OPPORTUNITIES ANTICIPATE CHANGE BEFORE IT HAPPENS ENSURE YOUR SUCCESS IS SUSTAINABLE As a bonus the book features Postcards from the Resilient Edge a powerhouse selection of frontline lessons from leading corporations that demonstrate ways you can marshal skill and master luck to take control of your organizations destiny. THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE NEW RESILIENCE MOVEMENT One of the most powerful trends born of the New Recession resilience has become the operative word for business leaders and entrepreneurs facing an unpredictablemarket. On the forefront of this movement global innovator and strategy consultant professor Liisa Vlikangas has created a step-by-step system of proven survival strategies you can put into action immediately. Whether you need to bounce back from a downturn take the fight to new competitors or change your game plan at a moments notice The Resilient Organization shows you how to rethink your current strategies--andrebuild your companys foundation--using four basic tools . . . INNOVATION with high impact and low overhead DESIGN that is robust sustainable and evolvable ADAPTABILITY to changing circumstances STRENGTH in the face of adversityBy creating a culture of resilience in your organization youll be prepared for any challenge the future might hold. The Resilient Organizations fascinating case studies provide real-world examples of resilience in action: how to recover faster from hardships how toexperiment on new opportunities in a timely manner how to avoid repeating bad business decisions and when to scrap old strategiesthat just dont work anymore. Using the timetested principles of resilience you can find golden opportunities in any situation--whether its tough competition reduced resources or a roller-coaster market.If youre strategically resilient you not only survive crises but you can turn these crises into opportunities. LIISA VLIKANGAS PH.D. is professor ofinnovation management at the Aalto University School of Economics (formerly Helsinki School of Economics) in Finland. She is the cofounder and president of InnovationDemocracy a nonprofi t global organization dedicated to supporting local innovation and entrepreneurship. Her research on innovation strategy and organization has been published in Harvard Business Review MIT/Sloan Management Review and The Wall Street Journal. With Gary Hamel she coauthored the Harvard Business Review article "The Quest for Resilience" and cofounded the Woodside Institute a research organization dedicated to advancing management innovation. Professor Vlikangas currently divides her time between Helsinki and California.