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Wired Differently
Wired Differently shares the compelling story of National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), a nearly fifty-year-old technology business built on the cooperative model. NISC started out providing software and IT services for three rural cooperatives a half-century ago, and has grown to fourteen million end users in forty-nine U.S. states or territories, and in Canada.
Wired Differently explores the unique business model and leadership principles behind NISC’s impressive results. Imagine this:
• What if your leaders placed service for others before their position and title?
• How would your employees and your organization benefit if values were more than a plaque on the wall; they were put into action?
• What kind of business results could you expect when your leaders serve first; your values are lived out loud; and collaboration fuels your culture?
Wired Differently offers a compelling business case for these principles in practice, revealing their transformative power to create a high-performance, collaborative culture. Through the inspirational story of NISC and its best practices, the cooperative model can show the rest of the corporate world a different way, the path to a different kind of organization, where values in action engage employees, delight customers and spark better results—where business is wired differently.
Wired Differently explores the unique business model and leadership principles behind NISC’s impressive results. Imagine this:
• What if your leaders placed service for others before their position and title?
• How would your employees and your organization benefit if values were more than a plaque on the wall; they were put into action?
• What kind of business results could you expect when your leaders serve first; your values are lived out loud; and collaboration fuels your culture?
Wired Differently offers a compelling business case for these principles in practice, revealing their transformative power to create a high-performance, collaborative culture. Through the inspirational story of NISC and its best practices, the cooperative model can show the rest of the corporate world a different way, the path to a different kind of organization, where values in action engage employees, delight customers and spark better results—where business is wired differently.
- GenresBusiness
318 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 22, 2015
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January 20, 2020
Cooperative and other mutually owned organizations do not receive a lot of attention in the business community so it is nice to read about what makes a successful one unique. A fair amount of this book "fluff" and stories bragging about the organization rather than how the organization makes decisions. With working at a mutual bank I like this book for people who are not used to the concept to learn more about mutual means in a pretty easy read.
May 12, 2017
Meh. Seems dated.
January 12, 2018
Excellent
As part of the cooperative world, I found this book to be very insightful and enjoyed reading it. I'm hoping to app!y the thoughts, values, etc to my leadership role.
As part of the cooperative world, I found this book to be very insightful and enjoyed reading it. I'm hoping to app!y the thoughts, values, etc to my leadership role.
February 10, 2022
A good book into the insight of thile morals that guide this company.
May 22, 2015
I have to start off by saying that I'm an employee of NISC and have worked directly with Vern Dosch. That being said, I feel like I can tell you that the content of Wired Differently is a perfect explanation of NISC as an organization. From the top down, NISC's culture makes it a wonderful place to work, and this book is a perfect summary of that. If you want to learn about an organization that does things outside the norm for the best reasons, pick up Wired Differently.
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