"INNOVATION is the source of economic leadership and the foundation for competitiveness in a global economy," says Joel Baker, futurist and filmmaker, in a new video book review and primer about Putting Our Differences to Work: The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership, and High Performance. View the video now at this link: www.globaldialoguecenter.com/audio-selected/Debbie-Book-Promo2a.wmv (plays on Windows Media Player). Joel goes on to remind all of us of an important truth about our capability: "...We’ve been very good at innovation in the past, but we’re learning that economic leadership can emerge from anyone, any group anywhere in the world, that is innovative." This is good news for you and me! ---- and at this time of economic crisis and opportunity, it is a call-to-action for innovators worldwide to UNITE.
Joel Barker is well-known around the world for introducing the concept of "the paradigm shift" to the business sector in his bestselling book and film, Paradigms: The Business of Discovering the Future. On January 30, Joel Barker will release a new landmark film, Innovation at the Verge (link includes trailer of the new film ).
I am deeply honored to have my book and our work at Leadership Solutions Companies mentioned in the film, as well as, being so pleased to share the video Joel Barker created to talk further about my book, Putting Our Differences to Work as a tool for leaders to apply his concepts for innovating at the verge with their teams and organizations.
What Debbe Kennedy has done in her book is to bring together three key elements to make anyone who reads it a better leader... --- Joel Barker (see book review video)
Additionally, Joel Barker and I wrote two chapters in Putting Our Differences to Work exploring the verge idea and chronicling our independent and collective practical experiments: Chapter 10 - Innovation at the Verge of Differences and Chapter 11: Collaboration at the Verge of Differences.
The time for change has come!
It is clear that all of us must fundamentally change the way we think, behave, and operate as leaders --- especially the way we see and value our differences, because as you will learn in both the book and new film, it is at the intersections of our differences where the richest ground for innovation exists.
I invite you to join me, Joel Barker, and leaders and innovators around the world as we forge a new path for the twenty-first century that is marked by the mastery of us working together to discover the new innovations that will create a better world than we know today.
Looking forward to hearing from YOU!
Scroll down to see additional resources below to support your work.
Best...
Debbe
Debbe Kennedy
founder, Global Dialogue Center
and Leadership Solutions Companies
author, Putting Our Differences to Work
THREE NEW RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK
at the Global Dialogue Center
- Visit and sign-up for Joel Barker's GOOD NEWS Blog about positive things happening around the world for children, parents, teachers, and all of us.
- Visit and sign-up for Joel Barker's INNOVATION AT THE VERGE Blog with new examples and commentary on Joel's ongoing work on this paradigm shift in discovering innovations at the verge of differences in people, organizations, and our world.
- Putting Our Differences to Work DIALOGUES... online virtual global conversations held at the Global Dialogue Center CONFERENCE CENTER on timely topics, top thought-leaders, and time for conversation and practice at putting our differences to work.
Putting Our Differences to Work
The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership and High Performance
by Debbe Kennedy ▪ Berrett-Koehler ▪ June 2008 – Hardcover
ORDER a copy at AMAZON.COM
Putting Our Differences to Work was selected as as among
"the very top business books" by BUSINESS BOOK REVIEW
Also available in DIGITAL DOWNLOADat Berrett-Koehler
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