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First Be Nimble: A Story About How to Adapt, Innovate and Perform in a Volatile Business World
Imagine if you had the blueprint to create an agile and intelligent organization that could handle anything that an unpredictable business world threw at it.... First Be Nimble is that blueprint, presented by best-selling author Graham Winter in an enthralling business story packed with easy-to-apply ideas and powerful tools linked to online resources.
The fledgling international company McCrae's Fine Chocolates has lost its innovative edge and become a reactive bureaucracy. Through a mix of courage, collaboration and digital-age strategies, McCrae's confronts its challenges, breaks through the inevitable resistance to change, and transforms itself into a nimble and adaptive market leader. This is your personal guidebook to gearing up for fast and frequent change.
Learn how move, learn, and adapt - fast; replace change resistance with change resilience; thrive in ambiguity and uncertainty; break through business bottlenecks; and build a network of nimble, connected teams. First Be Nimble is a must-listen for everyone who wants their organization to thrive in this constantly changing business world.
Graham Winter is the best-selling author of Think One Team, founder of consultancy Think One Team International and a three-time Australian Olympic team chief psychologist. Graham is passionate about developing leaders and teams with the resilience and skills to seize opportunities.
The fledgling international company McCrae's Fine Chocolates has lost its innovative edge and become a reactive bureaucracy. Through a mix of courage, collaboration and digital-age strategies, McCrae's confronts its challenges, breaks through the inevitable resistance to change, and transforms itself into a nimble and adaptive market leader. This is your personal guidebook to gearing up for fast and frequent change.
Learn how move, learn, and adapt - fast; replace change resistance with change resilience; thrive in ambiguity and uncertainty; break through business bottlenecks; and build a network of nimble, connected teams. First Be Nimble is a must-listen for everyone who wants their organization to thrive in this constantly changing business world.
Graham Winter is the best-selling author of Think One Team, founder of consultancy Think One Team International and a three-time Australian Olympic team chief psychologist. Graham is passionate about developing leaders and teams with the resilience and skills to seize opportunities.
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First published June 22, 2012
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November 1, 2025
A fictional yet non fictional story on transformation and agility. Overall the book is informative and has some leanings on how to adapt and do change management.
However the audio book is hard to understand. And mimicking Italian accent is badly done and hard to comprehend.
However the audio book is hard to understand. And mimicking Italian accent is badly done and hard to comprehend.
January 27, 2015
A really interesting take on responsive and adaptive change management
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