Summary of The Age of Thrivability by Michelle Holliday

Description

Consultant Michelle Holliday brings wisdom, compassion and joy to a discussion of business practices, and she shows how nurturing those attributes can enliven your organization. She explains that the people in a business are its living system – and give it “thrivability.” Holliday’s work is both abstract and practical, a meditation at the intersection of philosophy and management theory. She illustrates her thesis with case studies, though a few more nuts and bolts might make the book more helpful to managers. Still, this is a welcome, positive blueprint for those seeking a way forward in complex times.

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Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• Gestion et management
• Economics
• Business
• Management

Informations

• Publié par: GetAbstract AG
• Date de parution: 09 novembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798887270722
• Langue: English

Extrait

The Age of Thrivability
Vital Perspectives and Practices for a Better World
Michelle Holliday•Michelle Holliday © 2016•208 pages

Management / Management Concepts
Life Advice / Mindfulness
Science / Environment / Sustainability

Rating:9

Overview
Visionary
Concrete Examples

Take-Aways Modern thinking recognizes living systems on a basis of patterns and relationships. Living systems don’t merely react to their environment’s information, physical nature and energy. They act, choose,   self-regenerate, evolve and create. Complexity forces people to harmonize the two hemispheres of the neocortex. This sparks divergent behavior. Psychologist Carl Jung suggested that a collective unconscious connects everyone. To access it, develop an integrative worldview. Living organizations – from small shops to giant companies – share similar patterns. A thriving systems perspective offers three lenses: “instrumental and transactional,” “intellectual” and “heart-centered.” Successful projects need the participation of the archetypes that embody the thoughts and behaviors of living systems: “Warrior,” “Magician,” “Sovereign” and “Enchanter.” Measure your organization’s vital signs for insight into its health. Death, as part of all natural processes, has a place in thrivability.

Recommendation
Consultant Michelle Holliday brings wisdom, compassion and joy to a discussion of business practices, and she shows how nurturing those attributes can enliven your organization. She explains that the people in a business are its living system – and give it “thrivability.” Holliday’s work is both abstract and practical, a meditation at the intersection of philosophy and management theory. She illustrates her thesis with case studies, though a few more nuts and bolts might make the book more helpful to managers.