Lack of Agility is the kiss of death. Position your company to succeed in world of change.
To edge out the competition in todayâs disruptive environment, you need to ensure that your company is agileâthat it can respond to change instantly and effectively. Because fast and furious change is the only thing you can count on in business today.
Network expert Michael Arena helped enable GMâs legendary turnaround. In these pages, he explains how you can transform your own company through the concept of adaptive space.
Based on hundreds of interviews and the authorâs own groundbreaking study of dozens of organizations spanning a variety of industries, Adaptive Space shows how to position your company for todayâand for the futureâby enabling creativity, innovation, and novel ideas to flow freely among teams, across departments, and throughout the company.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Part 1: Uncovering the Power of Networks
Chapter 1: The Need for Adaptive Space
Chapter 2: Discovery Connections of Brokers
Chapter 3: Development Interactions of Connectors
Chapter 4: Diffusion Connections of Energizers
Chapter 5: Disruptive Connections of Challengers
Part 2: Opening Up Adaptive Space
Chapter 6: Engage the Edges
Chapter 7: Find a Friend
Chapter 8: Follow the Energy
Chapter 9: Embrace the Conflict
Chapter 10: Close the Network
Acknowledgments
Research Summary
Notes
Index
