The Risk Factor: Why Every Organization Needs Big Bets, Bold Characters, and the Occasional Spectacular Failure

by Deborah Perry Piscione

Book Overview

Our most revered business icons of the last few decades are the bold risktakers, such as Richard Branson, Elon Musk, and Steve Jobs. Yet in today's stock market-driven economy, companies are playing it safe, with too many leaders focused on short-term gains, rather than value creation. The result is a static business culture that generates forgettable results--even as the world demands big solutions. So how do we get back in the risk-taking game?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137279281
• ISBN13: 9781137279286
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"