Bøger af Bill Breen

What is less well known, though, is how close this iconic company came to total collapse in 2003. Brick by Brick is the compelling story of a Danish family-owned company that enjoyed decades of success before its inability to keep in step with a rapidly changing market brought it crashing to earth.

Historien om den verdensberømte legetøjsvirksomheds fald i 2003 og den spektakulære genkomst på det internationale marked er et af de helt store dramaer i nyere erhvervshistorie. LEGO-professor David C. Robertson har gransket de innovationsværktøjer, som LEGO bruger, og som enhver virksomhed kan tage i anvendelse for at fremme deres eget arbejde med innovation, kreativitet og produktudvikling.David Robertson har haft fuld adgang til alle LEGOs arkiver og til samtaler og interviews med LEGOs ledergruppe, herunder CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, samt designere og øvrige medarbejdere. Det har resulteret i en enestående beretning om LEGOs unikke innovationskultur og forretningsprincipper. Ifølge forfatterne får læseren her for første gang indsigt i, hvordan LEGO drives."En fascinerende bog. Historien om, hvordan LEGO kom faretruende tæt på katastrofen, men forvandlede sig til en af de mest succesfulde og innovative virksomheder i verden, er både inspirerende og et meget konkret lærestykke." Chris Anderson, forfatter til bestsellerne The Long Tail og Makers.

What fuels long-term business success? Not operational excellence, technology breakthroughs, or new business models, but management innovationnew ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources, and formulating strategies. Through history, management innovation has enabled companies to cross new performance thresholds and build enduring advantages.In The Future of Management, Gary Hamel argues that organizations need management innovation now more than ever. Why? The management paradigm of the last centurycentered on control and efficiencyno longer suffices in a world where adaptability and creativity drive business success. To thrive in the future, companies must reinvent management.Hamel explains how to turn your company into a serial management innovator, revealing:The make-or-break challenges that will determine competitive success in an age of relentless, head-snapping change.The toxic effects of traditional management beliefs.The unconventional management practices generating breakthrough results in modern management pioneers.The radical principles that will need to become part of every companys management DNA.The steps your company can take now to build your management advantage.Practical and profound, The Future of Management features examples from Google, W.L. Gore, Whole Foods, IBM, Samsung, Best Buy, and other blue-ribbon management innovators.