Zero Distance: Management in the Quantum Age

by Danah Zohar

This open access book offers a new management meta-theory to replace Taylorism. It presents a new paradigm in management thinking and a new, practical organizational model for implementing it in our personal and working lives, in our companies, in our communities and nations, and in a sustainable global order. It will offer an understanding of why and how “thinking-as-usual” is failing both business and political leaders in these new times, and it will advocate new thinking and new management practices that are so radically new that they turn everything we have taken for granted inside out and upside down. This new management model is called “Quantum Management Theory”, because it is rooted in the new paradigm bequeathed to us by quantum physics and its younger sibling, complexity science.

Genres: Management

306 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2021

Reviews

[Nilesh Makan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed the idea behind the book. As we aim to build more living and learning organisations, embracing quantum management theory is certainly a way to achieve this. The examples, as evident by Haier and other companies that have embraced this way of thinking, shows not only that it's possible, but also beneficial.

Also, given it's a free book, under a creative commons licence, I applaud Danah Zohar for the sharing her thoughts and perspectives.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty airy for my taste. Team of Teams seems to cover much of the practical application.

[Igor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super Dense and filled with some forced philosopher quotes just to make it cool. The overall principle is interesting but the way the book is written makes it hard to understand the concepts and reflect on how to apply them.