Zero Space: Moving Beyond Organizational Limits

By Frank Lekanne Deprez and Rene Tissen

Discover the revolutionary business model that lets you achieve success without the headaches of management or asset ownership.

In a zero space organization, knowledge is the only true currency and people are the only assets that matter. Through eight new organizational principles, Frank Lekanne Deprez and Ren Tissen illustrate how "zero-mindedness" is essential for the new economy. As organizations evolve into less tangible, less prescribed forms, our thinking must also evolve to become less departmentalized and closely guarded.

This new open-mindedness or "zero mind-set" targets knowledge so that an organization applies it when and where it is really needed. Deprez and Tissen--two top executives at the consulting firm KPMG Knowledge Advisory Services--show how to create a zero-space organization: a value-adding, quick-reacting, non-centralized, non-standardized, innovation-generating workplace for dedicated talent.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576751821
• ISBN13: 9781576751824
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Zero space defines a cutting-edge management model...

A very impressive book! Zero Space defines a cutting-edge management model that is relevant to both managers and consultants alike. I see this theory as a natural extension and integration of the research on high-speed management and virtual organizations. John Jones, Ph.D., Author, "The Virtual Entrepreneur"

Zero Space rates "Zero"

I rate the book as "Zero." In "Zero Space" that is the highest rating!Authors address organizational change in a knowledge-based economy. Their short stories and analogies make the book fun to read. Examples include the comparison of Zero-thinking companies to a maneuverable and highly adaptable "Tugboat" rather than a large ship. They talk of the value of communication and value of sharing information with the concise sentence "Two friends meet for a drink." The knowledge sharing, over a drink, leaves both men richer and no man poorer. This is an excellent story and representative of the superb readability of the book.Easy and fun to read does not translate into "Easy to understand." This reader needed two passes to begin to appreciate the "Zero Space" concept and. Some of the concepts are abstract and require the reader to think in unconventional terms. Fortunately the authors offer Eight Key Features" associated with the "Zero" thinking. For example, "Zero Learning Lag" talks about training in today's businesses. The chapter is less abstract than others and presents a very good case for integration of learning with job activity in which the two become indistinguishable.Lastly, the authors quote much of modern business literature thus offering the reader additional ways to explore the "Zero" concepts or merely to link to alternative ideas.