From Chaos to Coherence

by Doc Childre

Book Overview

From Chaos to Coherence is about the future of organizations and the future potential of people. This timely book addresses the increasing strain that people and organizations, both private and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075067007X
• ISBN13: 9780750670074
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

I've Tried It -- It Works

Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer have identified a simple blueprint that I think will be the key to changing existing corporate cultures and organizational climates into what they will need to be to survive in the 21st century. Leaders like Jack Welch of GE and Steven Covey have already told us that what will be critical to success in the future is "soft stuff with hard results" and From Chaos to Coherence shows us how to do that with ease, grace, and success!For any CEO, VP, Manager, Staff, Front Line worker- the simplicity of the concepts, the scientific foundation of the technology, and the ratio of success achieved by major organizations makes this book worth the read. The simple premise of exercising, on a consistent basis, the innate positive qualities of basic human nature is consistent with the success we see Fast Companies having. With the increasing mental and emotional chaos written about in many articles, business magazines, newspapers, and management books, this book by Childre and Cryer is not only refreshing, but also provides practical solutions carefully laid out in what they call the four dynamics of inner quality management. I have already started applying their simple processes to my life and my business problems and am experiencing immediate improvements in my mental clarity, productivity, and emotional state, particularly in high pressure situations. As the phrase inner quality implies, I believe we have to take care of ourselves internally first so that we can take care of business!

More than a 5 star book!

Balance and Coherence in the corporate world? Ha! Then I read the book.... As an Executive Assistant with over 18 years of experience I wish that each and every Manager, Director, and VP that I have supported read this book - AND practiced the methods that Childre and Cryer describe. I will be buying copies of this book for all my "bosses".

This model (Inner Quality Management) is the antidote!

I am a business consultant. As I read this book the words "This is it" kept running through my brain. These principles of Internal self-management are the antidote to the illness I see in too many organizations. Very talented individuals with a desire to do their very best are losing their spirits and hemorrhaging under the perception that they "can't manage the pace" anymore. Stress and overwhelm feed cynicism which quickly leads to breakdown. Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer have show us the map to restore and sustain organizational vitality and wellness. How to thrive as individuals and then thrive as teams and organizations. I clearly see that these tools are practical, have scientific underpinning and have been field-tested and proven. Imagine the impact on quality, climate and profits if an organization was able to transform even 15% of its Chaos into Coherence. If each organization has a "collective brain", it should be processing its information coherently and creatively, and the lifeblood of that organization (the spirit of its employees) should be coursing thru this oganism with full hearts. Bravo to Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer for showing us how to enter the 21st century with the tools to make this a reality. I'm recommending that every business manager, CEO, VP, administrator and politician study this book, learn the techniques for themselves and bring this to their organizations.

This is the way business will be done from now on.

When I say the science behind the HeartMath System of mental-emotional management is impeccable, I ought to know what I'm talking about. I spent thousands of dollars bringing expensive consultants in to look at the Institute of HeartMath and their products. As the director of an advanced research lab responsible for finding breakthrough technologies that would help take my then 25 Billion dollar company to the 100 Billion dollar mark, it was important to make sure HeartMath was legitimate and that the products or "tools" as they were called, worked. An immanent and respected scientist I brought in to investigate the scientific methodology applied in the Institute of HeartMath's Research Labs not only gave them a glowing bill of health, but ended up becoming a member of HeartMath's scientific advisory board. An expert in behavioral psychology I tasked to investigate the claims that IQM could enhance employee performance is now involved directly with bringing HeartMath "tools" to sports figures he consults, including a PGA pro on the current tour who is using the HeartMath "tools" to help him improve and sustain his game. People from the corporation's "University," the training arm of the company I brought in to investigate the feasibility of the application of the tools, ended up selecting HeartMath training as the exclusive stress reduction and control program, replacing all other less effective forms for corporate employees. The division who's factory I used as a test-bed for our formal scientific study ended up offering the HeartMath tools to all its employees.Anecdotally, the young golf pro has never seen himself play better. Despite the hotly competitive environment and pressures of a young newcomer to the pro tour, he has yet to shoot a single game over par. The division that adapted the HeartMath tools factory-wide has recently been the corporation's most profitable and highest growth division, so far outperforming it's sisters that it was single handedly responsible for keeping the corporation profitable through tough economic times brought on by the recent Asian monetary crisis. I have my two favorite stories representing the best of what happened at the socio-economic extremes we tested in the scientific study: One story is about a factory worker who tells of going to a baseball game where a really offensive fan who had been heckling the players and officials all during the game started in when my factory worker's child came up to bat. The HeartMath "enabled" factory worker said, "I was able to Freeze-Frame, and just chill-out when this person started saying things about my kid. There he was, right next to me, bad-talking my own kid. I did not hit him, I did not get arrested, and I did not miss work on Monday since I didn't go to jail." How's that for real-life from the lower strata of Maslow's hierarchy.Contrast that with the story of the Patent Attorney who, during the study, lowered h

An INJECTION! of hope and packed with usable information.

I'm convinced the most of us have adapted to the chaos we live in. I'm tired of being barraged by the environments where I spend most of my time. This book has given me some easy tools to help fortify my inner environment. It's kind of like having had an emotional virus vaccine. If you're a CEO, manager, salesperson, administrative support person, or factory worker, read this book. It may add some extra years to your life and prevent some unwanted physical by-products of stress, like high blood pressure!