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The Future: You Can't Get There From Here...

By J. Philip Kirby & David Hughes
Buy The Future. You can't get there from here... book online at Amazon.com ... as long as you're searching for new answers with old thinking.

The Future: A pithy insight into why we must change the way we try to change organizations.

There are no answers. Only questions. Only thoughts... probing the unknown darkness, feeling for the boundaries and searching for the light of day. Constantly trying to find a way to control the chaos. But, perhaps there is no control. No answer. Perhaps uncertainty is the reality of our twenty-first century organizations.


The Future
Table of Contents

Introduction
Thoughtware®
So... is Thoughtware® different?
What's wrong with current thinking?
Yeah-but, do we start again?
A few enduring truths
Process
Value Streaming
Customer Captial
Human Capital
Structural Capital
Information and Navigation
A few lies to go with the truths
What if?
EnACTment
Why not?
Think about it
About the authors

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What people are saying about The Future:

I am amazed at how my Thoughtware® and my day to day business is changing since reading The Future. You can't get there from here. I see things I never saw before. Thank you for the wake up!

W. Frank Young, Bell Canada.

The Future: You Can't Get There From Here made me realize the value and potential of "thinking differently" and discovering new "Thoughtware®" around basic organizational principles highlighted by Kirby and Hughes. A real eye opener for anyone involved in change management and improving organizational performance.

Michael Gadway, Celestia Inc.

Thanks for the opportunity to read what I think is one of the more necessary books to read (and it is the right size to boot). Success today is a thinking outcome - and this book will jar you where you think. It is right sized and a pleasure to read. Read it for the sake of everyone who works for you.

David Hogg, President, High Performance Manufacturing Consortium.

This book provides tremendous insight into what an organization must do to provide true customer value today and for the future. It focuses on the importance of re-shaping your thinking and putting your client at the centre of every process decision you make. A must-read for organizations who want to come out on top in increasingly competitive markets.

Pat Clarkson, Bell Canada

If you're serious about organizational change you've got to change the way you think! Read this book. Kirby and Hughes are visionaries.

Charles King, Director Continuous Process Improvement,
Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp.

The Future: You Can't Get There From Here is a quick, insightful look at why we really have to change the way we try to change. Kirby and Hughes not only hit the nail on the head, but they hammer home the critical importance of developing new Thoughtware® - all in an easy read that gets everybody thinking differently.

Alan Davis, President, CTH Industrial Controls.

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