Organizational Survival in the New World:
The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System
In Organizational Survival in the New World David and Alex Bennet combine their years of
experience to propose a new model of the firm that enables organizations to react more quickly
and fluidly to today's fast-changing, dynamic business environment. The Intelligent Complex
Adaptive System (ICAS), based on research in complexity and neuroscience—and incorporating
networking theory and knowledge management—turns the living system metaphor into a reality
for organizations.
Organizational Survival in the New World is filled with new ideas married to practical advice--all embedded within a thorough description of the new organization in terms of structure,
culture, strategy, leadership, knowledge workers and integrative competencies. The Bennets
combine theory and practice in a new vision of the organization to empower leaders, managers
and professionals who must excel in the age of complexity.
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REVIEWERS:
"Alex and David Bennet are ideally suited to bring forth such a wide-ranging and erudite synthesis of complexity and knowledge theories. A
fascinating report from the front-lines of the new thinking about how organizations thrive (or fail to)." --Larry Prusak, Distinguished Scholar in
Residence, Babson College
"If you want to know how the latest thinking about organizations all fits together to provide a roadmap of the future, you will want to read this book.
It is provocative and original." --Dorothy A. Leonard, Harvard Business School, author of Wellsprings of Knowledge
"What will the future look like? We only know that it'll be characterized by uncertainty, complexity and change. What will the enterprises of the
future need to be like in order to succeed in that environment? The Bennets present a compelling argument that the only way enterprises will be
successful in that marketplace or battlefield is if they become intelligent, complex, adaptive systems (ICAS). This is an important book that must be
read by anyone interested in the future." --Dr. Ramon Barquin, President, Barquin International; Founder and First President of Theata
Warehousing Institute; Chair, E-Gov Knowledge Management Conferences
Knowledge Mobilization in the Social Sciences and Humanities:
Moving from Research to Action
This book takes the reader from the University lab to the playgrounds of communities. It shows
how to integrate, move and use knowledge, an action journey within an identified action space that is
called knowledge mobilization. Whether knowledge is mobilized through an individual, organization,
community or nation, it becomes a powerful asset creating a synergy and focus that brings forth the
best of action and values. Individuals and teams who can envision, feel, create and apply this power
are the true leaders of tomorrow. When we can mobilize knowledge for the greater good humanity will
have left the information age and entered the age of knowledge, ultimately leading to compassion
and—hopefully—wisdom.
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FROM THE FOREWARD:
"In the decisive quest for global environmental and social balance, ignorance—in the form of intolerance, superstition dogmatism
and self-denial patterns—is the worst liability, and knowledge mobilization—in the form of transparency, public awareness,
community action, social innovation and international reorganization—the best asset. Major landmarks in human history may well
be described as transcendent knowledge mobilizations. Perhaps the most transcendent knowledge mobilization so far, and the first
of a global scale, is required right now." -Francisco Javier Carrillo, Professor of Knowledge Systems and chairman of The World
Capital Institute.
A REVIEWER:
"Knowledge mobilization is a powerful methodology that can unlock the hidden value creation potential of a community or an
organization. This book is essential for all communities and organizations that want to increase their competitiveness in an
effective and sustainable way." -Milton Correia de Sousa, Sociedade Portuguesa de Innovação.
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Other Books with Alex Bennet (Ed.) available from Amazon:
Knowledge Management: the Catalyst for Electronic Government
Building Knowledge Management Environments for Electronic Government
The Power of Team
NEW! Remembrance: Pathways to Expanded Learning
With Music and Metamusic®
This work is a collaboration of souls,
all those who have dreamed of, participated in or relished in the
results of the powerful sounds of Metamusic.® The first five chapters of this book relate more to important
concepts about learning and the brain. The second half of the book focuses on the magic of music and
Metamusic® in the learning process. You will discover that there is a transaction in learning between the
student, the subject, attitudes and Metamusic®. While the focus is on high school and college level
students, much of what is shared can be applied to all ages, all cultures and in varying situations, and
music crosses the barriers of language. Written collaboratively by two committed practitioners with two
very different education and experience sets, you will discover a myriad of anecdotes, practical learning
exercises, visuals and storytelling punctuated by neuroscience findings, learning theory and personal
examples. Join us in this journey into the new frontier of the mind/brain.
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