
Leading Exponential Change: Go Beyond Agile and Scrum to Run Even Better Business Transformations
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Narrated by:
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Millian Quinteros
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By:
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Erich R Bühler
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Leading Exponential Change (Second Edition) unveils the secrets of enterprise Agility.
The way companies manage change has undergone dramatic shifts, and organizations have tried to adapt to relentless market innovations by using artificial intelligence, Big Data, the Scrum Framework, increasingly connected people, and new mind-sets such as Agile or Lean. But all these approaches have only established disruptive change as a new, relentless reality.
In Leading Exponential Change, world-renowned consultant Erich R. Bühler shares the secrets that differentiate truly remarkable companies from those that fail to adapt to today’s constantly changing market conditions.
During his years on the front lines, the author recognized that no two companies were the same - and that what worked in one enterprise might not work in another. He studied a wide range of organizations to determine the specific behaviors and mind-sets needed to embrace change.
One thing became clear: Human beings are not physiologically prepared for constant alterations in processes, roles, and ways of working. Realizing that a new approach was needed, Bühler developed a set of revolutionary principles and techniques to create responsive people and organizations that challenged traditional thinking (and many Agile concepts).
Drawing on his experience as an international change consultant, the author takes you deep into why companies struggle to adapt even when they have the right people. He also analyzes the reasons some consultants face endless obstacles and resistance to change while others succeed.
This ground-breaking book offers new foundations to help company leaders, managers, Agile consultants, HR representatives, mentors, and scrum masters become skilled at helping others to influence change.
Here listeners find five types of Agility - including mental Agility and how to increase it! Bühler also explains two game-changing frameworks for increasing adaptability to change: The ELSA framework, ideal for environments where people welcome change, and DeLTA, which helps manage change in companies with hostile work environments.
Drawing from years of experience and employing an easy-to-follow approach, Bühler also addresses the differences between Agile and enterprise/business Agility, explores what happens to the brain during change, explains methods for improving innovation, and teaches important concepts about organizational psychology and the neuroscience of change.
Between the first and second editions, Bühler traveled around the world interviewing change consultants from different countries and cultures to verify which of his techniques had a positive impact and which ones needed to be improved.
Bolstered by this new data, the second edition of Leading Exponential Change is packed with new paradigms, practices, ready-to-use tools, and real-life stories from the author and other industry-revered consultants specializing in innovation, human resources, and coaching.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Erich R. Bühler (P)2019 Erich R. BühlerTrue practical tool for change agents of any Org
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Do you want to know what is meant by exponential change and how to deal with it?
Are you interested in learning about how change works in organisations?
Have you already knowledge about Change Management and want to expand this knowledge?
Are you someone who wants to transform (resp. effectuate) your/an organisation?
If you can answer one of the questions above with yes, this audiobook definitely adds value and is well worth the investment.
About the book:
The book is very well written and Millian Quinteros is a good and fluent narrator that I liked to listen to.
It is well structured.
Apart from the start, the chapters are not entirely dependable on each other which means that you can chose which chapters are most interesting for you.
My approach was to listen to the book as intended.
Each chapter refers to at least one relatable real life example that is used as a reference for the following scientific explanations.
At the end of each chapter there is a summary with the key learning objectives and questions for yourselves.
My recommendation is to always keep something near you to take notes, when listening to the book.
There are lots of lists, which I personally love because I am a list person, yet sometimes it tends to get in the way of the flow of the audio version of the book.
There were several parts of the audiobook, that I listened to for 3-4 times to get the whole picture and to chose what is important for me to write down for future reference.
It has proven helpful to dedicate enough time to listen to a whole chapter at once with some time in between to process the mount of information.
Content:
As the title says the focus of the book is not on agile methods but on change itself.
It explains in a comprehensible way the what, why and how of business transformations lined with psychological and scientific research knowhow.
As a Change Agent and Scrum Master there were some parts that are common knowledge today, yet are really essential to know if you just start to learn about this topic.
For example:
Why do you want/need to change
The importance of company culture and values (which is really important and connects everything)
Employee commitment and the human factor
Agile/Scrum Knowledge (e.g. difference between complicated and complex scenarios)
Beyond those topics there was a lot to learn and gain from this audiobook and I really enjoyed it.
I subtracted 1 star on story and overall performance for the above mentioned reasons.
Culture eats strategy for breakfast
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It is definitely packed with many helpful tips, useful techniques and 2 change frameworks. It’s very actionable.
The book is well written and structured. Information provided it’s easy to understand and digest. Erich backs up each story with real-life examples from numerous companies, which makes it more relevant and credible.
Great learning!
Go-to book for any Change Agent.
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Author gave us an integrated framework to plug in experience and expertise from several domains - digital, leadership, neuroscience, people management, agile, change management - to make clear sense of organizations, businesses and surroundings. The state of 'exponential' when attached to businesses disrupt the business models and mental models we are used to for centuries. It then requires new thinking patterns, mental models, behaviors, ways of interactions, skillsets, business models and organization design to thrive. To lead the wave of 'exponential change' leaders have to understand those levers and how to pull them. This work explains it with industry examples and analogies.
This book is highly recommended for entrepreneurs, leaders and practitioners who want to see through evolving complexity, frame right questions, deliver exponential business growth and build strong foundation to sustain it.
Digital & human side of 'Exponential Change'
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Focus on what’s important
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As a consultant working with companies to help them change, I am effectively a change agent; this book is a guide as to how AND why people and organisation will need to change to survive. It is based in the real world, not in theory, with examples and explanations that can be seen and tested. Each chapter lists defined steps and approaches. So much from this book has stuck with me; in fact, just the other day I was explaining to a business leader why his approach to a problem was appropriate for a complicated problem but completely unsuited to a complex issue and that the problem he was facing was complex and so his approach would not succeed. Once we had discussed it and he understood, it was easy to agree a new plan. This is one tiny example of things I learnt from reading this - needless to say, he'll be buying this book.
I am very impressed with this book and I believe I will be using it again and again to help my clients and their growth into the next decade - excellent work Erich and thank you.
Essential, exponential change
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A broad and deep journey through people and change that to my mind is broadly accurate and comprehensive
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