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Megacommunities In this pioneering book, four senior managers of the global consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton show how leaders in business, government, and civil society can reach across national and sector divisions, forming collaborative megacommunities that are directed toward a common goal.
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'An optimistic handbook for creating promising frameworks for change that balance ideals with realities, the perfect with the good' -Lew McCreary, Harvard Business Review
'Megacommunities offers a comprehensive, groundbreaking approach to the challenge of global interdependence. An eminently readable and practical handbook for everyone interested in shaping a future of sustainable progress and social inclusiveness, Megacommunities deserves the widest possible audience. This is one of those rare well-reasoned books that can make a real difference in the world'
-Richard D. Parsons, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Time Warner
'This book provides a much needed new perspective on leadership in a networked environment, demonstrating clearly and concisely the value of a 'leader of leaders.' This is a must-read for managers and aspiring leaders'
-Fulvio Conti, Chief Executive Officer, Enel
'An insightful and engrossing read, Megacommunities brings creative new thinking to the challenges confronting leaders in our increasingly complex and interdependent world. It addresses problems head on, is full of good sense, and offers guidance that is compelling. This important book, for the strategist in particular, is hard to ignore.' - Admiral (Retired) Sir Ian Forbes, Former NATO Supreme Commander
'Megacommunities introduces us to a world of complex problems, where traditional economic and financial incentives are not sufficient, where it is impossible for all players to secure their first choice outcome. And where multiple vetoes operate and free riders abound. This world calls for creativity and imagination, the ability to build trust, form alliances and do deals. Megacommunities also provokes a rethink about how we identify and develop our political, business and civic leaders - people who can think across the boundaries of their own organizations, can communicate, can influence and be influenced, who think in terms of optimizing rather than maximizing, and who, in short, can pilot us from the selfish world of the Prisoner's Dilemma to the collaborative world of John Nash's Equilibrium'
-Lord Andrew Turnbull, Former UK Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
'Megacommunities offers a refreshing, organizational framework to help leaders solve the thorny and complex problems that devolve from technology and globalization. The book elaborates the networked strength of collaboration between business, government and civil society'
-Richard H.K. Vietor, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
'Geocomplexity, network capital, dynamic tension, swarm intelligence - this is the language of Megacommunities. But unlike so many other books promising management miracles, these terms are not old ideas in new jargon. They outline a genuinely different framework for thinking about the world and its multiplying problems. Best of all, they become actual tools for tackling those problems. This book is a ray of hope!'
- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
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'An optimistic handbook for creating promising frameworks for change that balance ideals with realities, the perfect with the good' -Lew McCreary, Harvard Business Review
'Megacommunities offers a comprehensive, groundbreaking approach to the challenge of global interdependence. An eminently readable and practical handbook for everyone interested in shaping a future of sustainable progress and social inclusiveness, Megacommunities deserves the widest possible audience. This is one of those rare well-reasoned books that can make a real difference in the world'
-Richard D. Parsons, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Time Warner
'This book provides a much needed new perspective on leadership in a networked environment, demonstrating clearly and concisely the value of a 'leader of leaders.' This is a must-read for managers and aspiring leaders'
-Fulvio Conti, Chief Executive Officer, Enel
'An insightful and engrossing read, Megacommunities brings creative new thinking to the challenges confronting leaders in our increasingly complex and interdependent world. It addresses problems head on, is full of good sense, and offers guidance that is compelling. This important book, for the strategist in particular, is hard to ignore.' - Admiral (Retired) Sir Ian Forbes, Former NATO Supreme Commander
'Megacommunities introduces us to a world of complex problems, where traditional economic and financial incentives are not sufficient, where it is impossible for all players to secure their first choice outcome. And where multiple vetoes operate and free riders abound. This world calls for creativity and imagination, the ability to build trust, form alliances and do deals. Megacommunities also provokes a rethink about how we identify and develop our political, business and civic leaders - people who can think across the boundaries of their own organizations, can communicate, can influence and be influenced, who think in terms of optimizing rather than maximizing, and who, in short, can pilot us from the selfish world of the Prisoner's Dilemma to the collaborative world of John Nash's Equilibrium'
-Lord Andrew Turnbull, Former UK Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
'Megacommunities offers a refreshing, organizational framework to help leaders solve the thorny and complex problems that devolve from technology and globalization. The book elaborates the networked strength of collaboration between business, government and civil society'
-Richard H.K. Vietor, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
'Geocomplexity, network capital, dynamic tension, swarm intelligence - this is the language of Megacommunities. But unlike so many other books promising management miracles, these terms are not old ideas in new jargon. They outline a genuinely different framework for thinking about the world and its multiplying problems. Best of all, they become actual tools for tackling those problems. This book is a ray of hope!'
- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
A groundbreaking book for leaders, showing how different sectors of society can work together toward mutual goals
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 023061132X
- ISBN 13 9780230611320
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. A hurricane strikes a city; terrorists attack a nation; global warming threatens the environment--such problems are too large for any one authority to solve alone. Our increasingly globalized and interconnected world calls for a new type of tri-sector leadership in which business, government and nonprofits work together in a state of permanent negotiation. To be effective, tomorrow's leaders will need to reach across national and sector divisions to form a collaborative "megacommunity."Based on interviews with over 100 leaders from around the world including Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, Kenneth Chenault and Richard Parsons, MEGACOMMUNITIES: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Challenges Together introduces a radically new framework for reaching solutions to today's thorniest problems. Written by four senior consultants from global consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, and with a Foreword by Walter Isaacson, this important book explains how a megacommunity approach is:COUNTERING AIDS, ALZHEIMER'S AND GLOBAL PANDEMICSIn India, a megacommunity battles HIV/AIDS by bringing together both public, private, and civil-sector organizations, including PepsiCo, the Gates Foundation, U.S. healthcare experts, UN development programs, and local NGOs.CONSERVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGYIn saving the world's rainforests, providers, distributors, sellers, and consumers of lumber team up with local communities, the World Wildlife Fund, and Goldman Sachs.HELPING COMMUNITIES GROWIn changing neighborhoods like Harlem, the megacommunity includes local small businesses, community groups, global companies, and foundations like Bill Clinton's."What is required are leaders who know how to identify the vital interests they share with others, who are prepared to seek the benefits from which all can gain," write the authors. Seller Inventory # DADAX023061132X
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