Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society
by Peter M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers
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Author: Betty Sue Flowers, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Peter M. SengeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-16
ISBN: 038551624X
Number of pages: 289
Publisher: Crown Business
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Book Review: "Presence" - A Fresh Look at Old Concepts
Summary: 4 Stars
I would indeed agree with the review of J Maguire that much of this has been said before however I would beg to differ that buying this book would be a waste of time. There is a freshness in the presentation of the concepts - the book is written in Conversation Mode and so well done that you feel as if you are indeed present and listening to the discussion taking place between our authors. They have been very successful in allowing the reader to be "Present" in "Presence".
All the old friends are there in the ideas being discussed, Boehm, Buber, Capra, Hock but there are new presentations of those ideas also - the discussions around the concept of the "U", prototyping, creating and adjusting: "People often believe that you need to know how to do something before you can do it. If this were literally true, there would be little genuine innovation"
Above all for me the book inspired questioning as to what we can do to help change the way the world conducts business and how can we develop ourselves to live by example. By adjusting our thinking, we can all see that indeed we are part of a larger whole than that which we are brought up to believe in. We can if we wish to, all share the responsibiity for and help shape the future of our world and the shift towards globalisation which is currently the reality of our social and business lives.
I was enormously impressed by the book and can only heartily recommend it to anyone interested in the development of management concepts, individual, business and social change.
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