Transformational Change: How to Transform Mass Production Thinking to Meet the Challenge of Mass Customization

by Thomas K. Wentz

Book Overview

How to Transform Mass Production Thinking to meet the challenge of Mass Customization. The Context of the new business environment is different. Mass Production Thinking is technologically obsolete,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966843509
• ISBN13: 9780966843507
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Corporate Performance Systems
• Length: 5 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Transformational Change

Tom Wentz is the quinessential change agent! His book, "Transformational Change" describes clearly the process of change from mass production to mass customization. While the book is an easy read, you'll want to revisit it many times because of the great depth it possesses.Mr. Wentz shows that insanity truly is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. He likens it to those "hackers" out on the driving range who continually use the improper swing and expect a drive 275 yards straight down the middle.In light of the events since September 11, 2001, Mr. Wentz expertly shows the need "not to defer the the experience of living today" and to become truly fulfilled at work, at home or in your communities.This is must reading for anyone who wants to transform their existence.

This is not more buzz words from a consultant

I have read Tom's book twice. The second time very carefully because I wanted to be sure that I was not being seduced by the obvious. I was not. This is an addition to the literature on leading change. Many of the terms are familiar but Tom has brought them together in a way that creates a new picture of the forces that change -- and don't change -- business.I have become somewhat sceptical of all of the warnings of the dramatic shifts in paradigms that business must face to survive but Tom has succeeded in explaining the shift from mass production thinking to something new in a way that can be understood. I get a clear picture of what it means when there is a new context requiring new thinking. Not every business will face the same changes in context but every business needs to understand if and when its context changes.I am distributing this book to the sixty CEOs in my CEO peer groups for them to read and discuss. I am also going to schedule an opportunity for them to participate in a simulation to experience first hand the limits that mass production thinking imposes on our search for solutions.

A must read for leaders in all fields!

In this book Tom clearly communicates not only the new CONTEXT we operate in, but also how to succeed in it. Leaders in all arenas will benefit from this book. The practical tools outlined in each chapter will equip you and your team to lead Transformational Change. This is the one book I've read which expertly teaches theory and implementation. A book to be read, reviewed, and consulted often!

EXPLORING ORGANIZATION CHANGE AT A DEEPER-THAN-USUAL LEVEL.

When it comes to organizational change, we are always looking for a book that says something new and substantive; this volume does just that! The author explores change at a deeper-than-usual level. He examines the shift in thinking and in the nature of organization covering such topics as: the nature of change, underlying assumptions, vision, leadership, technology, and forces creating action. Two major and engrossing chapters address the issues of (1) setting strategy versus creating alignment and (2) the role of self-awareness in organizational change (transformation starts from the inside-thinking and emotion). The main theme of this well written book is to reveal how limiting the context of mass production thinking is and how to overcome it through personal mastery and personal freedom; transformational leaders must achieve this INNER change and the shift in their view of the world which focuses on seizing new potentialities. This work provides the reader with many excellent insights. Highly recommended.