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Wrong Until Right: How to Succeed Despite Relentless Change
Do you find it increasingly difficult to lead in the midst of change that is relentless, disruptive, unprecedented? What if I told you that you do not have to be at the mercy of change … that you can actually harness change for your competitive advantage! In past markets that had low rates of change, business leaders were accustomed to making “right” decisions. Unfortunately, this is ineffective in today’s world of uncertainty. Blindly proceeding with the “right” plan increasingly turns out wrong. To succeed, leaders must now reverse their approach from “right until wrong” to “wrong until right.” Their businesses must become more like a guided missile that is almost always incorrect and "off" to a degree in flight but continually adjusts until it reaches its always changing target. The missile is built for and pursues a “wrong until right” approach. You can too, and this book tells you how!
158 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 18, 2015
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Mike Russell
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May 21, 2022
- Are you looking to know the intricacies of an agile working environment ?
- Are you running a self made business ?
- Are you trying to figure out how to lead high performance teams in a MNC ?
If you answered “yes” for any of the question then this book have some insights for you . The core idea of the book is using “wrong until right” approach instead of the conservative methodology that has been taught to us of being right until proven wrong . It means when we start developing a product with our assumptions and data currently available we also assume that we are right in all the phases . But we should also anticipate the fact that we could be wrong too and make room for continuous improvement .
The book can be split into two sections - why agility is need of the hour and how agility can be utilized along with “wrong until completely right” approach as an envelope. He explains about the C.E.O.S (Customer , Employee , Organization , Other Stakeholders) concept of how each lever is indispensable for a business and how affecting one lever can have an impact in the business as a whole. A detailed explanation has been provided of successfully executing “The Total Business Success Model by Dr . O’ Connor” of how to retain sustainability and growth considering factors - Strategy ,Culture , People , Processes and Systems.
Some excerpts from the book :
“The ideal is to "surpete," (a word coined by Dr. Edward de Bono*) meaning to go beyond competition. Don’t take a pattern from some other business and do a blind adoption of that pattern, because blind adoption leads to accidents from not seeing where you are going. Be distinct. Distinct … or extinct.”
“Many leaders like to believe they keep things in balance, but in reality most put much more energy into preserving what they have than creating that which they don’t have. … Thus, most organizational transformation agendas are more about improving the present that they are about creating the future. ... Trying to keep everyone [different stakeholder groups] happy at all times is impossible. It’s a matter of sustaining”
- Are you running a self made business ?
- Are you trying to figure out how to lead high performance teams in a MNC ?
If you answered “yes” for any of the question then this book have some insights for you . The core idea of the book is using “wrong until right” approach instead of the conservative methodology that has been taught to us of being right until proven wrong . It means when we start developing a product with our assumptions and data currently available we also assume that we are right in all the phases . But we should also anticipate the fact that we could be wrong too and make room for continuous improvement .
The book can be split into two sections - why agility is need of the hour and how agility can be utilized along with “wrong until completely right” approach as an envelope. He explains about the C.E.O.S (Customer , Employee , Organization , Other Stakeholders) concept of how each lever is indispensable for a business and how affecting one lever can have an impact in the business as a whole. A detailed explanation has been provided of successfully executing “The Total Business Success Model by Dr . O’ Connor” of how to retain sustainability and growth considering factors - Strategy ,Culture , People , Processes and Systems.
Some excerpts from the book :
“The ideal is to "surpete," (a word coined by Dr. Edward de Bono*) meaning to go beyond competition. Don’t take a pattern from some other business and do a blind adoption of that pattern, because blind adoption leads to accidents from not seeing where you are going. Be distinct. Distinct … or extinct.”
“Many leaders like to believe they keep things in balance, but in reality most put much more energy into preserving what they have than creating that which they don’t have. … Thus, most organizational transformation agendas are more about improving the present that they are about creating the future. ... Trying to keep everyone [different stakeholder groups] happy at all times is impossible. It’s a matter of sustaining”
August 20, 2015
A New Paradigm for Understanding and Successfully Managing Change
In this book, Mike Russell presents what for many is a completely new way of approaching the entire subject of change management - continually course-correcting in order to hit what is most often, in today's rapidly changing world, a moving target. He gives examples that are thought-provoking and challenges the reader with action steps to turn the ideas and concepts into successful reality in their business or organization. Definitely a must-read for anyone in a leadership position.
In this book, Mike Russell presents what for many is a completely new way of approaching the entire subject of change management - continually course-correcting in order to hit what is most often, in today's rapidly changing world, a moving target. He gives examples that are thought-provoking and challenges the reader with action steps to turn the ideas and concepts into successful reality in their business or organization. Definitely a must-read for anyone in a leadership position.
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