Chris Turner (5)

A year has passed and I don't remember anything I read, so I guess it was a pretty standard advice-book. However, the burden of the book (see the quote below) is certainly valid, although I have no idea if the author's solutions are viable, and the observations about the close-minded world at the top of the pyramid apply even more strongly to political parties and administrations, as has been abundantly evident since the book came out in 1999 (and are especially glaring in 2016).

Note: pg 4-5 (on being put in charge of organization and "empowerment strategy" after work experiences that could come straight out of the Dilbert comic strip) - "I spent the next four years experimenting with an unconventional approach to change and stewing about why organizations are such a mess. And here is the dirty little secret: All hat and no cattle. In Texas, that's how we describe anything that is all style and no substance. All hat and no cattle is corporate America's managerial archetype. Sure, there are lots of smart people and a handful of original thinkers -- and some of these folks manage to withstand having all their ideas and creativity beat out of them. But many of the gest and brightest get weeded out before reaching executive jobs."… (plus d'informations)