PREFACE

This is not a book about one thing. It's not a 288–page dissertation on leadership, teams, or motivation. Instead, its a multi–faceted agenda for building organizations that can win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation.

This is not a book about doing better. It's not a manual for people who want to tinker at the margins of their organization. Instead, it's an impassioned plea to reinvent management as we know it—to rethink the fundamental assumptions we have about capitalism, institutions, and life at work.

This is not a book that fetes today's winners. It's not a celebration of companies that have been doing great so far. Instead, it's a blueprint for creating organizations that are fit for the future and fit for human beings.