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The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos
In this visual guide to thriving in the midst of chaos, scientist, entrepreneur and “Reinvention Guru” Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva brings together the insights from a community of 3000+ “reinventors” to offer a bold new method for business resilience during disruptive times.
Running a successful business amidst constant change is overwhelming. Just as we handle one disruption, another crisis looms on the horizon. How do you survive and even thrive?
4-time TEDx speaker Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva and her global Chief Reinvention Officer community understand the struggle and helped countless companies and leaders deal with change by reinventing their products, processes, and leadership practices. Now she brings to you a powerful blend of cross-disciplinary research and battle-tested tools to help you diagnose, design, and implement a reinvention system that allows your company to stop combatting or resisting change – and instead helps you turn every disruption into your greatest opportunity.
Running a successful business amidst constant change is overwhelming. Just as we handle one disruption, another crisis looms on the horizon. How do you survive and even thrive?
4-time TEDx speaker Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva and her global Chief Reinvention Officer community understand the struggle and helped countless companies and leaders deal with change by reinventing their products, processes, and leadership practices. Now she brings to you a powerful blend of cross-disciplinary research and battle-tested tools to help you diagnose, design, and implement a reinvention system that allows your company to stop combatting or resisting change – and instead helps you turn every disruption into your greatest opportunity.
275 pages, Paperback
Published October 27, 2020
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About the author
Nadya Zhexembayeva
9 books26 followersDr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a business owner, author, and educator working at the intersection of innovation, leadership, and sustainable growth.
As a business owner, Nadya oversees a group of companies active in real estate, investment, and consulting industries. Her recent client engagements include The Coca-Cola Company, ERG (formerly ENRC PLC), Erste Bank, Henkel, Knauf Insulation, and Vienna Insurance Group.
Until April 2014, Nadya also served as the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development at IEDC- Bled School of Management, an executive education center based in Slovene Alps, where she continues to teach courses in leadership, strategy, change management, design thinking, and sustainability. In addition to IEDC, Dr. Zhexembayeva has taught in a number of other business schools, including CEDEP-INSEAD (France) and IPADE (Mexico).
Dr. Zhexembayeva chairs Resourcefulness Advisory Board at OMV, an oil and gas company, and sits on the Advisory Board of Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. She also serves as Vice-President of Challenge:Future, a global student think-DO-tank and innovation competition.
In 2014, Nadya released her second book, “Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation for Resource-Deprived World.” Together with Chris Laszlo, in 2011, Dr. Zhexembayeva co-authored her first book, “Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage,” published by Stanford University Press in the US and Greenleaf Publishing in the UK.
As a business owner, Nadya oversees a group of companies active in real estate, investment, and consulting industries. Her recent client engagements include The Coca-Cola Company, ERG (formerly ENRC PLC), Erste Bank, Henkel, Knauf Insulation, and Vienna Insurance Group.
Until April 2014, Nadya also served as the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development at IEDC- Bled School of Management, an executive education center based in Slovene Alps, where she continues to teach courses in leadership, strategy, change management, design thinking, and sustainability. In addition to IEDC, Dr. Zhexembayeva has taught in a number of other business schools, including CEDEP-INSEAD (France) and IPADE (Mexico).
Dr. Zhexembayeva chairs Resourcefulness Advisory Board at OMV, an oil and gas company, and sits on the Advisory Board of Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. She also serves as Vice-President of Challenge:Future, a global student think-DO-tank and innovation competition.
In 2014, Nadya released her second book, “Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation for Resource-Deprived World.” Together with Chris Laszlo, in 2011, Dr. Zhexembayeva co-authored her first book, “Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage,” published by Stanford University Press in the US and Greenleaf Publishing in the UK.
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October 15, 2020
Change! There's the word! If you need to get better at it, here's your golden opportunity! Nadya Zhexembayeva has given us a real gem with The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook. This is a book for thinkers and doers. Nadya does an outstanding job of grounding the reader in solidly researched theory and then offering very practical tools to bring the theory to life... tools that you can literally rip out of the book and use with your team. Get this book and begin to do the work of thriving in chaos and mastering the dynamics of change so that your organization ceases thinking about change as an occasional project, but rather becomes an organization that is built to successfully navigate any disruption.
October 15, 2020
The world is changing, with or without us. Living and working in disruption is a reality that we’re just not ready for.
The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos by Nadya Zhexembayeva is an intensely thought provoking and action orientated guide to do just that- to thrive rather than just barely survive in a world of daily pressure, constant challenge and fierce competition.
Packed with actionable data insights, powerful case studies and simple field tested tools, it will enable you to power up your personal and business reinvention capacity in a way that enables you to amplify your reach, influence and impact.
The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos by Nadya Zhexembayeva is an intensely thought provoking and action orientated guide to do just that- to thrive rather than just barely survive in a world of daily pressure, constant challenge and fierce competition.
Packed with actionable data insights, powerful case studies and simple field tested tools, it will enable you to power up your personal and business reinvention capacity in a way that enables you to amplify your reach, influence and impact.
October 17, 2020
The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook is the co-creation of thousands of Reinvention Practitioners led by Nadya Zhexembayeva. It is a practical step by step guide of how to implement Reinvention in any organization regardless of size, sector, and geographical location. You can say it is a condensed encyclopedia about Reinvention, it contains a conceptual framework, practical tools, and case studies. The conceptual framework of the current six elements of Reinvention provides a compass to navigate into a safe harbor when thriving chaos in different VUCA scenarios. What I like the most are the practical tools you can apply right away depending on what are your reinvention needs. And if you don't know what are your reinvention needs, don't worry about it. The Titanic Syndrome Diagnostic is an easy to apply tool to define what are your organization Reinvention needs, from it you can sail away and start your Reinvention journey.
October 14, 2020
The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos by Nadya Zhexembayeva is more than a book or even a handbook. It's the secret sauce to help us help each other and the world be better... to go beyond survival and to interact, live and work with each other where LIFE is at the core of our decisions. Best part? It's all research-based, practical, and made to be used. From worksheets, perforated cards, and real cases to be able to learn, grow, and share. This is more than a book... it's a beautiful social movement. Join the reinvention wave instead of being crushed by waves of change.
December 18, 2020
Embracing the constant of change and building the resilience to take on any challenge is what you will get from this book. Eloquent philosophy, practical application, pragmatic research all combined to support readers to follow the Reinvention Method in addition to whatever tools you already use. But don't wait - this handbook even demonstrates the power of anticipation and what to do when your spidey senses are going off but a change would mean breaking away from your Strategic Plan. This book will help you move forward when everything in your world is moving fast, unpredictable and more volatile than ever. Couldn't be a better time to pick up this book!
November 4, 2020
Excellent! An inspired and timely handbook for surviving today and thriving tomorrow.
This beautifully written and illustrated book is a vital resource, packed with immediately actionable reinvention strategies that build "an immune system designed to ensure systematic health for individuals and organizations ", a mega dose of vitamin C ! Nadya Zhexembayeva
This beautifully written and illustrated book is a vital resource, packed with immediately actionable reinvention strategies that build "an immune system designed to ensure systematic health for individuals and organizations ", a mega dose of vitamin C ! Nadya Zhexembayeva
January 1, 2021
A book needed for our time. We all need to adjust how we think, plan and manage for constant change. This book is a great introduction to the why and how of reinvention, including really practical tools and resources to utilise. Ideal for anyone in a day job, management role, running a business or a consultant. Highly recommend!
December 29, 2020
Great piece of work! Many of us have been observing the change and emerging chaos, Nadya has given us a way to perceive it as continuous reinvention. If you pick up this book and get going with it, I feel you will see the world differently and get comfortable with change as the only constant!
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