Mavericks at Work
Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
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Publisher Description
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.
Who’s going to write the next chapter in the saga of American business? Who’s going to chronicle the best way to compete, the new way to win? That’s the mission of Mavericks at Work, a book that profiles a network of rebels who are creating a new business model that makes use of fresh principles and captures what it means to be a state-of-the-art organization. Including such pioneering companies as ING Direct, Southwest Airlines, Pixar, HBO, Anthropologie, Craigslist, Netflix, and Commerce Bank, this book is nothing short of a lively new intellectual agenda for business.
How do you outthink the competition and build a business that can’t be ignored?
Strategy as Advocacy: Learn how companies like Southwest Airlines and HBO aren't just selling a product, but championing a cause that redefines their industries.Open-Source Innovation: Go inside Pixar and other creative powerhouses to see how they harness collective intelligence and why "nobody is as smart as everybody."Next-Practice Case Studies: Get an inside look at the unconventional logic behind pioneers like Netflix, Craigslist, and ING Direct to discover a new playbook for success.The Character of Competition: Understand why attracting the right people is the ultimate competitive advantage and how to design a company culture where the most original minds can win.
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A collection of case studies featuring the same formulaic ebullience endemic to business books since blurber Tom Peters' seminal work In Search of Excellence, this reader from FastCompany magazine cofounder Taylor and influential business writer LaBarre profiles some of the more interesting companies doing business today: Cirque de Soleil, Commerce Bank, Pixar, Anthropologie, Southwest Airlines, Jones Soda, Apple Computer and Craigslist among them. Such companies may have disparate cultures, but what unites them is originality, self-knowledge and passion. Whether by remaining small, recruiting zealously, or functioning like a kind of cult, such businesses succeed by imbuing the corporate rank and file with an entrepreneur's vision, avoiding the twin vices of mediocrity and complacency. Conversational but rigorous, Taylor and Labarre's chipper exploration of imagination at work holds value for novice and journeyman business leaders.
