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The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
by Art Kleiner
from Jossey-Bass
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Many of today's business practices are very much due to their own once 'heretical' ideas 
Jesus was considered a Heretic by the religious establishment of his time. He also had some radical ideas about wealth, economics, and the personal finances of his followers. "The Age of Heretics: A History of Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management" is a compelling and informative look at those who dared to be different and changed the way their company and possibly the world does business. Rejected in their times, these are men and women who are now retroactively honored for their ideas and... more info
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Excellent Writing on a Very Thoroughly Researched Issue 
Reviewing the basically 1970's ingenuity in the business world, Art Kleiner teaches us that many of the lessons and interpretations of that era are amazingly more profound today than then.
Corporations, explained as to their purpose in the beginning, flourished in postwar America They had sense of duty and power. They were inclined not only to make money, but to make societal declarations. And, amid those developmental periods, many of the leaders are referred to as heretics - leaders who change the... more info
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The waves and undertows of corporate tsunamis
Note: The review that follows is of the Second Edition.
Long ago, Voltaire suggested that we cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it. Throughout human history, there have been those who challenged what James O'Toole so aptly describes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom." Some were executed, others were forced to recant their beliefs, and still others were at first ignored and then ridiculed as cranks, troublemakers, mavericks, misfits, etc. Ironically, many... more info
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Corporations are not here to remake the world 
This book makes the false assumption that corporations 'are here to remake the world.'
The fundamental goal of corporations is profit growth. If that needs a remake of the world, they will do it, otherwise not.
By the way, this is also the aim of consultancy firms and one of the reasons why responsible officers are so suspicious of them, seeing the huge fees involved.
These officers need them if they want to implement their own policies, but need to present them as necessary measures... more info
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