{"product_id":"thats-not-how-we-do-it-here-a-story-about-how-organizations-rise-and-fall-and-can-rise-again-9780399563942","title":"That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--And Can Rise Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e What's the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work?\u003cbr\u003e\"That's not how we do it here \"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn their iconic bestseller \u003ci\u003eOur Iceberg Is Melting\u003c\/i\u003e, John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about penguins to explain the process of lead­ing people through major changes. Now, ten years later, they're back with another must-read story that will help any team or organization cope with their biggest challenges and turn them into exciting opportunities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce upon a time a clan of meerkats lived in the Kalahari, a region in southern Africa. After years of steady growth, a drought has sharply reduced the clan's resources, and deadly vulture attacks have increased. As things keep getting worse, the har­mony of the clan is shattered. The executive team quarrels about possible solutions, and sugges­tions from frontline workers face a soul-crushing response: \"That's not how we do it here \" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo Nadia, a bright and adventurous meerkat, hits the road in search of new ideas to help her trou­bled clan. She discovers a much smaller group that operates very differently, with much more teamwork and agility. These meerkats have developed innova­tive solutions to find food and evade the vultures. But not everything in this small clan is as perfect as it seems at first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan Nadia figure out how to combine the best of both worlds--a large, disciplined, well-managed clan and a small, informal, inspiring clan--before it's too late? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book distills Kotter's decades of experi­ence and award-winning research to reveal why organizations rise and fall, and how they can rise again in the face of adversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Kotter\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School, is often called the world's fore­most authority on leadership and change. His many previous books, including \u003ci\u003eLeading Change\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Iceberg Is Melting\u003c\/i\u003e, have been translated into more than two hundred foreign-language editions and have been bestsellers around the world. He is a founder of Kotter International, a consulting firm that specializes in helping leaders transform their organizations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolger Rathgeber\u003c\/b\u003e is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eOur Iceberg Is Melting\u003c\/i\u003e, a former executive at a medical products firm, and a principal at Kotter International.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634677649682,"sku":"9780399563942","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_780b7d35-9c51-4d66-8e3a-1b8ab7f8f7b8.jpg?v=1732821034","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thats-not-how-we-do-it-here-a-story-about-how-organizations-rise-and-fall-and-can-rise-again-9780399563942","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}