My Organisation is a Jungle

by Jef Staes

How do you create an environment in which new ideas can survive and thrive? How do you increase the innovative power of your organisation, its teams and its employees? What is strangling creative entrepreneurship in your company? This book gives a bold but chilling answer to all these challenging questions – questions which confront managers and executives on a daily basis.

As a leading expert in the fields of learning and innovation management, Jef Staes analyses the way in which people resist and even obstruct change processes. And he does not shy away from confrontation! With a vast range of new insights and metaphors, he makes clear why managers and policymakers often reach the wrong decisions. His new vocabulary for a new era will ensure that the reader gains a valuable understanding of the dramatic processes of change and innovation: processes which are essential to any organisation hoping to compete in our rapidly-evolving modern world.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Management

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[John Beckers]

I used the book to have my team members discover there preferent innovative styles. It meant we stopped organising in geographic areas and went organising together, in each situation with the there needed talents.

[Maarten Bresseleers]

Teveel metaforen naar mijn smaak. Boodschap begrepen, maar weinig bruikbaar.

[Nayden Kostov]

With so many books of this type on the market, it’s really hard to find something original. This succeeds in standing out. I definitely liked some of the ideas; not all, but some.

[Jani Pestana]

Simpele concepten uitgelegd in een overgecompliceerde manier, waardoor ze ingewikkelder worden dan ze zijn.

[Sam Vanhoutte]

a bit too black & white in the statements. sometimes it was written as if wars are going on inside organisations (bloody, battles, etc).
besides that, 100% in line that innovation has to be driven, delegation is needed and a 3D manager doesn't have to be the smartest one, but cast the smartest ones

[Kristof]

Great innovative book on management. This book gets you ready for the future 3D organization with helpfull tips andtricks. Not just a hyped-up management book but something that will really help you forward.

[Pascal Mestdach]

Nice introduction on innovation management for companies. Introducing the concept of a Red Monkey along with the Red Monkey breeders & hunters. Also describing the type of managers and skills which are needed to survive as a company in the coming decade. Lots of nice methaphors in this book.

[Elie De Brauwer]

2nd (out of three) books by Jef Staes I read, and I must say I really enjoy the black-and-white-ish way the very basic concepts are brought. The contents of the book sounds very recognizable (both in the positive and the negative way).