Emergent: Ignite Purpose, Transform Culture, Make Change Stick - Softcover

Johnson, Stephen Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0730336816 ISBN 13: 9780730336815

Publisher: Wiley, 2017

Synopsis

Traditional hierarchical structures are falling – is your organisation ready?

Emergent provides a handbook for navigating – and thriving in – the new cultural paradigm. More than a simple DIY for change, this book empowers organisations to diagnose change risk, address current shortcomings and adapt to the increasing current away from hierarchies to autonomous and interdependent networks. Unguided, most fail in their attempt; this shift exposes huge skills deficits, a lack of engagement, lack of value and meaning, market reach, penetration and more. Here, a twenty-year veteran of brand and culture transformation outlines a unique governance framework and blueprint for implementing and co-creating your own cultural shift. Methodologies from crowdsourcing and social movements are adopted as tools for initiating change and creating cultural cohesion around a higher purpose, and essential skills and tools help equip organisations and individuals for the emergent future.

Today's workplace demands are creating extraordinary challenges for organisations; power is shifting, and the spotlight has forced businesses to engage with stakeholders in more meaningful ways, and to acknowledge a need for radical ‘humanization' of the workplace. To drive successful change you need to spark a movement. This book provides a way forward through the transition, with expert guidance and a clear, actionable framework for implementation.

• Adopt a unique governance framework for culture transformation
• Energise, mobilise and catalyse change, innovation and growth
• Address skills deficits, values misalignment, failed engagement and more
• Ignite your organisation's purpose and forge sustainability for the future

The demand for greater values alignment, autonomy and individual empowerment – fuelled by technology and increasing interdependencies – is bringing down the traditional power structure. The question is: what moves into its place? A strong organisational culture is the difference between surviving and thriving in the marketplace. Emergent provides a practical blueprint for transformation to help your organisation navigate the shift successfully.

About this title

About the Author

STEPHEN SCOTT JOHNSON is an expert in organisational change with more than 20 years of experience in global business. He is a highly sought after international mentor and keynote speaker in enterprise co-creation, crowdsourcing and movements. His work is featured in BRW, Fast Company, Huffington Post and National Marketing Mag.

Find out more at: www.stephenscottjohnson.com

From the Back Cover

TRANSFORM THE CULTURE AND IMPACT OF YOUR ORGANISATION

Power is shifting. The need for greater values alignment, autonomy and individual empowerment is rising. The question is, what comes next? The answer is an agile, engaged, innovation-driven culture, ready and eager to adapt to an ever-emergent future; an organisation that embraces co-creation with its customers and stakeholders as a way of doing business. The answer is an emergent organisation.

Emergent provides you with a blueprint for creating the future one that is purposeful, interdependent, stakeholder-oriented and sustainable. Is your organisation ready?

From the Inside Flap

TRANSFORM THE CULTURE AND IMPACT OF YOUR ORGANISATION

Power is shifting. The need for greater values alignment, autonomy and individual empowerment is rising. The question is, what comes next? The answer is an agile, engaged, innovation-driven culture, ready and eager to adapt to an ever-emergent future; an organisation that embraces co-creation with its customers and stakeholders as a way of doing business. The answer is an emergent organisation.

Emergent provides you with a blueprint for creating the future—one that is purposeful, interdependent, stakeholder-oriented and sustainable. Is your organisation ready?

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0730336816
• ISBN 13: 9780730336815
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240