Innovators &amp; upsarts who are inventing the future of business with unconventional ideas.

Mavericks at Work : Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win

Business & Money

TAYLOR, WILLIAM C.

LaBarre, Polly G.

Management & Leadership

New York;Wlliam Morrow,2006

The Snows of Yesteryear: J. Norman Collie, Mountaineer

Sports & Outdoors

Mountaineering

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston of Canada

Meet the innovators and upstarts who are inventing the future of business. Their unconventional ideas and groundbreaking strategies can become your business plan for the twenty-first century—a better way to lead, compete, and succeed. 
Business as usual is a bust. In industry after indus-try, the old guard is cutting back and losing ground. Meanwhile, organizations that were once dismissed as upstarts, as wildcards—or mavericks—are making waves and growing fast. There is a reason: In an age of hypercompetition and nonstop innovation, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something truly original.
That's the lesson behind the companies, executives, and entrepreneurs you'll meet in Mavericks at Work.They are winning big in business by rethinking the logic of how business gets done. They have devised exciting new answers to the timeless challenges facing organizations of every size and leaders in every field: how you make strategy, how you unleash new ideas, how you connect with customers, how your best people achieve great results. 
Who are these mavericks? They are break-the-mold business units inside giants such as IBM and Procter &amp; Gamble, as well as high-profile innovators such as HBO and Pixar. They are Internet banks and gold mines, fashion retailers and advertising agencies, funky sandwich shops and hard-charging computer programmers. Together, they are creating an inspiring agenda that every business can put to work. 
Their success demonstrates that:
<ul>
<li>Being different makes all the difference</li>
<li>Sharing values beats selling value</li>
<li>The company with the smartest customers wins</li>
<li>Nobody is as smart as everybody</li>
<li>Character counts for as much as credentials</li>
<li>Great leaders are insatiable learners</li>
</ul>
Whether you're a young professional setting out on your career, a senior executive looking to make your organization grow, or an entrepreneur building a company from scratch, Mavericks at Work will help you think bigger, aim higher, and win more decisively.

Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win

Job Hunting & Careers

William Morrow

Business as usual is a bust . . . In industry after industry, organizations that were once dismissed as upstarts, wildcards—mavericks—are making serious waves and growing fast. From high-profile innovators such as HBO and Google to funky sandwich shop chains, the truly imaginative and unconventional businesses are changing the way things are done—providing new approaches, strategies, and outlooks, as well as better ways to compete, lead, and succeed in the twenty-first century. The first book to document this change, Mavericks at Work is business "edutainment" for a smart, ambitious readership, profiling some of the most exciting—and often eccentric—CEOs in the United States, while detailing their remarkable strategies for success

Business Culture

Harper

Profiles successful entrepreneurs and executives who are promoting their companies by challenging outdated practices, revealing how they have developed large-scale ideas, promoted products and services of high value, and consistently increased their own knowledge bases. Simultaneous.

Mavericks At Work CD

HarperAudio

Business as usual is a bust. The old guard is losing ground, whereas the upstarts—the mavericks—are growing fast. The reason? In an age of hyper-competition and nonstop innovation, the only way to stand out is to be truly original.
That's the lesson behind the companies and people in Mavericks at Work. They are winning big by rethinking the logic of how business gets done and by devising new answers to the timeless challenges facing organizations everywhere. Who are these mavericks? They are break-the-mold, innovative business units inside giants such as IBM, Procter &amp; Gamble, HBO, and Pixar. From Internet banks to gold mines, fashion retailers to funky sandwich shops, they are creating an inspiring agenda that every business can utilize.

Mavericks at Work [Large Print]

William Morrow Large Print

Meet the innovators and upstarts who are inventing the future of business. Their unconventional ideas and groundbreaking strategies can become your business plan for the twenty-first century—a better way to lead, compete, and succeed. Business as usual is a bust. In industry after industry, the old guard is cutting back and losing ground. Meanwhile, organizations that were once dismissed as upstarts, or "mavericks," are making waves and growing fast. The only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something truly original.That's the lesson behind the companies, executives, and entrepreneurs you'll meet in Mavericks at Work. They have devised exciting new answers to the timeless challenges facing organizations of every size and leaders in every field: how you make strategy, unleash new ideas, connect with customers. Their success demonstrates that:Being different makes all the differenceThe company with the smartest customers winsGreat leaders are insatiable learnersMavericks at Work will help you to think bigger, aim higher, and win more decisively. Read by Barrett Whitener

Mavericks at Work Low Price CD

Economics

“The most powerful and instructive change manual you’ll ever read. It will persuade and inspire you to change your business, your work, and maybe your life.” —Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of A Whole New Mind 
In Practically Radical, William C. Taylor, the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mavericks at Work offers a refreshing, rigorous new look at pragmatic ways to shake things up and make positive change in difficult times. Anything but your typical business book, Practically Radical is a must-own for small business owners and CEOs, for managers at all levels, and innovators and entrepreneurs of every stripe.

Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself

Interviews with four leading businessmen, including David Whitwam, CEO of Whirlpool, and Barbara Kux of Nestle, reveal their visions and predictions about the future

Going Global: Four Entrepreneurs Map the New World Marketplace

Webber, Alan M.

Penguin??Books

Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways

'This book is relevant, absorbing and practical. It cleverly lays out a blueprint for building companies in the 21st-century digital world using examples that are generations old. And yes, it's simply brilliant' - Management Today 'There's no such thing as an average or old-fashioned business, just average or old-fashioned ways to do business. In fact, the opportunity to reach for extraordinary may be most pronounced in settings that have been far too ordinary for far too long' Far away from Silicon Valley, in familiar, traditional, even unglamorous fields, ordinary people are unleashing extraordinary advances that amaze customers, energize employees, and create huge economic value. Their secret? They understand that inventing the future doesn't just mean designing mobile apps and developing virtual-reality headsets. In Simply Brilliant, the visionary co-founder of Fast Company William C. Taylor goes behind the scenes at some of the unsung organizations that are revolutionizing their otherwise humdrum fields. These unlikely agents of change range from a parking garage that also serves as a wedding venue, to a military insurance company that puts salespeople through simulated overseas deployment. The message is both simple and subversive: in a time of wrenching disruptions and exhilarating leaps, of unrelenting turmoil and unlimited promise, the future is open to everybody. Simply Brilliant illustrates how breakthrough creativity and breakaway performance can be summoned in all industries, if leaders dare to reimagine what's possible in their fields.

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Mavericks at Work : Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win

The Snows of Yesteryear: J. Norman Collie, Mountaineer

Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win

Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win

Mavericks At Work CD

Mavericks at Work [Large Print]

Mavericks at Work Low Price CD

Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself

Going Global: Four Entrepreneurs Map the New World Marketplace

Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways