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Story Thinking: Transforming Organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Story Thinking: Transforming Organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Lewis, John

Paperback

Business GeneralManagementGeneral Education

ISBN10: 1088545858
ISBN13: 9781088545850
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 8 2019
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Storytelling uses narrative to communicate. Story Thinking uses narrative to operate.

Neuroscience tells us we are wired for story: it is the sensemaking pattern the brain uses to make meaning out of change. Most leaders only use that pattern for how they talk. This book shows how to use it for how organizations work: how they change, learn, and lead.

For more than a century, process has been our mental model of work. Process thinking is fine for routine, but it breaks down whenever something unexpected happens. Story Thinking replaces it with a model that covers the whole cycle: a six-phase story of Automation, Disruption, Investigation, Ideation, Expectation, and Affirmation. We start in routine, run into something out of the ordinary, look deeper, come up with ideas, act on a plan, confirm results, and settle into a new routine. Some trips around the cycle take a moment, some take a project, and some take a lifetime.

Dr. John Lewis is an educational psychologist, knowledge management practitioner, and author of The Explanation Age. Here he offers a solutions-based guide for leaders getting ready for AI and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is not another warning about robots taking jobs. It shows how to build organizations that can keep learning while the technology keeps changing.

Inside, you will discover:

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