[p2p-research] Fwd: Late Summer Reading for Leaders and New Ackoff books for Autumn

Thu Aug 12 15:43:34 CEST 2010

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From: Imogen Fallows <imogen at triarchypress.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Subject: Late Summer Reading for Leaders and New Ackoff books for Autumn
To: michelsub2004 at gmail.com

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   Dear Michel,
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*Now you'll know what we did this summer*

*Coming soon…*
Two new books by Russell L. Ackoff
We feel very privileged to have published *Management F-Laws* and *Systems
Thinking for Curious Managers*. Now we’re delighted to be putting the
finishing touches on two volumes of previously unpublished writing by Russ
Ackoff, which his friends and colleagues brought to us after his death at
his request. Both commemorative volumes will be available this autumn.

*Memories* is a collection of stories, drawn from Russ's own life
experience, each of which is used to illustrate a belief, principle or
conclusion central to his theories of Systems Thinking and Design Thinking.
The stories range from introducing theme parks to the US to buying sanitary
towels in Holland and are told with his customary generosity, modesty, wit
and insight. The book shows how thinking systemically leads to real
organisational improvements in a variety of workplace settings and - just as
important - how failure to do so can be both personally embarrassing and
damaging to the organisation.

*Differences that Make a Difference* is a compendium of terms that are often
- but mistakenly - used synonymously. Ackoff has the knack of picking on
"Why didn't I think of that?" ideas and showing us how they can be quickly
applied in the quest for systemic understanding and practical solutions to
organisational problems.

Keep a look out for more information from us about both books in the
autumn/fall (a difference that makes no perceptible difference!).
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*New from Triarchy Press this summer…*
  * *

*Herding Cats: Being advice to aspiring academic and research leaders*
(Available now ~ £13.50 from the Triarchy Press
Website<http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Herding_Cats.htm>
)
The current situation in Higher Education and Research institutions is
fast-approaching a crisis, with funding cuts on the horizon. This makes the
job of leading them particularly critical.

*Herding Cats* considers the factors particular to academic and research
environments, including the remarkable intellects and passion of the
workforce, and the arguments, politics and prejudices that often ensue. It
also deals with common leadership and management themes, like making tough
strategic choices, leading change effectively, dealing with bureaucracy,
allocating resources, managing budgets and ensuring effective
implementation.

It is well known that in their professional lives most academics and
researchers will – like cats – seek to exercise as much independence as
possible. *Herding Cats* guides leaders and aspiring leaders through the
process of learning to accept and embrace the qualities of their ‘cats’ so
they can tempt them to an outcome with agility and success.

Visit the Triarchy Press
Website<http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Herding_Cats.htm>to read
more about
*Herding Cats*, or to order a copy.

*Strategy, Leadership and the Soul*
(Available now ~ £16.50 from the Triarchy Press
Website<http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/StrategyLeadershipSoul.htm>
)
Napier Collyns, a co-founder of the Global Business Network, introduced this
script to Triarchy Press.  *‘Transorganization’ *is new vocabulary, with an
implied understanding that organisations need to continually *transform* if
they are to survive in the future. *‘Transleaders’* similarly need to
transform themselves first rather than look to the outside for a solution,
and to align the values and beliefs of the *transorganization* with an
agility and flexibility that allows for an unlimited number of
possibilities.

The extremely present and powerful set of beliefs that defines and aligns
the relationships both within various sectors and its interface with the
global community is what the authors, Jennifer Sertl and Koby Huberman, call
‘soul’.

Read more about *Strategy, Leadership and the Soul* and the authors
here<http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/StrategyLeadershipSoul.htm>
* *

*CMI Book of the Year*

The *Systemic Leadership Toolkit* by William Tate is one of the entries in
the ‘Practical Manager’ category of this year’s prize organised by the
Chartered Management Institute. Read more about the competition, follow the
book’s progress and see the other books entered at the CMI
Website<http://yearbook.managers.org.uk/>
About the book
The *Systemic Leadership Toolkit* is based on William Tate’s book *The
Search for Leadership*, which argues that, while improving the health of an
organisation is usually assumed to be a job for its leaders, it is in fact
more useful first to recognise that organisations are a soup of different
components and relationships. It is the system-wide combination of factors
like its historical context, structures, procedures, workforce demographic
etc. that affect how well (or poorly) an organisation functions. Leaders are
important – but if you concentrate on individuals and forget to consider
everything that makes up how an organisation is led, you will be in danger
of repeating negative patterns.

Containing diagnostic questionnaires, practical case studies and
step-by-step implementation guidance, the Toolkit is designed to help any
organisation assess and improve the way its leadership functions.

Read more about the book and the toolkit at its dedicated
website<http://www.thesearchforleadership.com/>, or
order a copy at the Triarchy Press
website<http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Systemic_Leadership_Toolkit.htm>
.

 *About Triarchy Press*
*Triarchy Press* is an independent publisher of books and pamphlets on the
life of organisations. <http://www.triarchypress.com/>
<http://www.triarchypress.com/>

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Russell L. Ackoff
 *Memories*
and*
Differences
that
Make a Difference*
 both coming soon

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*
*Herding Cats*
* *by Geoff Garrett and Graeme Davies
Available now
£13.50
from the
Triarchy Press Website <http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Herding_Cats.htm>

*Strategy, Leadership and the Soul*
 by Jennifer Sertl and
 Koby Huberman
Available now
£16.50
 from the
Triarchy Press Website<http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/StrategyLeadershipSoul.htm>

*The Systemic *
*Leadership Toolkit*
 by William Tate
Available now
£55.00
from the
Triarchy Press Website<http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Systemic_Leadership_Toolkit.htm>
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