Make Bets not Plans: new&able think talk

By Gebhard Borck

The book draws on the videotape of a lively discussion with Dagmar Woyde-Koehler, Gebhard Borck, together with entrepreneurs and managers during a think-talk evening organized by the Karlsruhe organizational consultancy new&able.

The ways in which companies usually develop strategy and planning were examined from a number of angles. The book basically situates all such aspects in the difference between "planning that anticipates the future" and "betting that leaves the future open". Rather than preaching the one true path, the discussion invites exploration of new and intelligent avenues of approach. This is coupled with an unusually clear grasp of the actual day-to-day reality in our company offices and boardrooms, enriched with a wealth of practical examples that bear the unmistakable stamp of real company life. The upshot is a book that's as entertaining as it's serious and close to actual business practice.

This smorgasbord of excerpts from the evening's taped discussions, sketchnotes, comics, thought-provoking margin notes and much more tempts readers to stray from the well trodden paths of the usual canon of management prescriptions and take on fresh new perspectives. The very reverse of dogmatic, this is an interactive, inspirational picture book for managers and strategists that deliberately undermines the authors' prerogative of interpretation. It's the equally invigorating continuation of that evening's think-talk and an entertaining invitation to outside-the-envelope thinking and discovery on a very high level.

Table of Content:
#Betting or gamblingBetting on yourselfThe psychology of bettingPreempting the future with a planPlans as structured thinkingPlanning obstructs intelligenceWhen planning becomes philosophicalEmployees use the plan to optimize their personal situationsThe audience joins the conversationPlans give you orientationDictatorships, plans and co-determinationDeciding strategy together with 10,000 employeesPlans need geniusesIntegrating planning, management & employeesBets versus plans in communication with employeesPlans and securityBetting and risksAre crowd decisions better when crowds are asked the right questions? Planning and group processesPlanning and the vagaries of chanceBetting with feedback versus target-performance comparisonsWhat does the strategy department learn from this?The probability of failureLevels of decision - strategies - betsBetting in practical roll-out (1): the billion euro projectBetting in practical roll-out (2): a customer project with a dynamic upper limit on capacityBetting in practical roll-out (3): corporate democracyAre the dynamics of betting only good for medium-sized enterprises?The present-day meaningIsles of Bliss - not viewed kindly by the traditional economy Dynamic target systemsNo more planned economies;-)Aboutnew&able thinktalkDagmar Woyde-KoehlerGebhard BorckFranziska K ppe

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539361764
• ISBN13: 9781539361763
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 8.5"