SIMPLER WAY (TRADE BERRETT-KOEHLER) - Hardcover

Drawing on the work of a wide range of thinkers, the authors offer an innovative program for leading and organizing human activity in all types of organizations, based on a new theory of human evolution. 75,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour. IP.

Downsizing didn't produce the increase in productivity many companies expected. The reason, the authors of this text argue, is that we are still expecting human qualities from mechanistic structures - the way we develop organizations depends heavily on how we organize our lives. Drawing on the work scientists, philosophers, poets, novelists, spiritual teachers and colleagues, the authors search for new ways of relating life and the process of evolution to explore how organizing activities occur. They present a different world view that could help us create organizations that thrive. The book examines five themes - play, orga nization, self, emergence and coherence and challenges many assumptions about life, organizations and change. The Newtonian model of the world and organizations, and the Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest are tackled head-on: life isn't based on experimentation, relationships and diversity.