My Voodoo: A Practical Guide to Unleashing the Magic in You and Your Work - Softcover

Carayol, Rene; Firth, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841120103 ISBN 13: 9781841120102

Publisher: Capstone, 2002

Synopsis

After the hugh success of Corporate Voodoo (1841121576) comes the Voodoo Fieldbook - My Voodoo - a practical guide to making the messages of Corporate Voodoo come alive in your life and work.

In My Voodoo there will be further insights from first hand practitioners and interviews with key figures in the Fast Businesses described in Corporate Voodoo as well as new initatives for you to learn from. It will look at the Slow Businesses in Corporate Voodoo and how they've responded to the challenge of being termed Muggles plus takes a look at some recent joiners of the Muggles fraternity. Stories from corporate and personal Voodoo practitioners in all walks of life and work and above all pragmatic exercises for working on you, your colleagues and your whole organisation.

My Voodoo is a book not simply for reading but for working with and on. It is a place to dream, to learn and to let your imagination fly and a place to face up to and remove the barriers that hold you or your organisation back. As you scribble, make notes, doodle and daydream, My Voodoo will become Your Voodoo.

About this title

From the Back Cover

VOODOO INHABITS HARSH REALITY
AND VOODOO INHABITS THE DREAMWORLD
AND VOODOO BRINGS YOU YOUR OWN PERSONAL VOODOO
After the huge success of Corporate Voodoo - both as the book and in the live appearances of the two authors - comes the Voodoo Fieldbook My Voodoo - a practical guide to making the messages of the first book come alive in your life and work.

The best selling Corporate Voodoo offered a framework for creating a Fast Business, either from scratch or when working with an old economy legacy organization, and extending its Fast Principles from work to discover the real sources of personal power, happiness and success in a Fast world.

Now My Voodoo offers a practical step-by-step guide for putting into practice in our everyday lives all the principles set out in Corporate Voodoo. Through a series of exercises, simulations, stories and role-plays, My Voodoo puts the magic into your life and your organization. My Voodoo is a book for carrying with you, a book you will want to return to again and again. It is not simply for reading but a book for working with and on. It is a place to dream, a place to reflect, a place to let your imagination fly, a place to learn, a place to have fun, a place to face up to and remove the barriers that are holding you and your organization back. As you scribble, make notes, doodle and daydream in the margins and through the exercises in this book, My Voodoo will become Your Voodoo - your own blueprint for the life and work you want.

VOODOO EMBRACES THE NEW RULES OF ATTRACTION

VOODOO CONNECTS TO A POWERFUL FUTURE

VOODOO BELIEVES DIFFERENCES ARE CREATIVE

VOODOO IS BORED BY SAMENESS

VOODOO SAYS CHOOSE. THEN CHOOSE AGAIN.

VOODOO IS THE ONLY MEANS NECESSARY

About the Author

RENE CARAYOL is one of the world's leading authorities on business transformation. He has twenty years' experiance at the top of major corporations including Pepsi, IPC Magazines and Marks and Spencer, many of them as a main board director. His management messages are essentially practical. But he also has the vision to translate that experience into a coherent, compelling and exciting philosophy.

Combining an insider's knowledge of the IT world, and long familiarity with the ways of the boardroom, Rene Carayol is uniquely qualified to guide corporations through the maze of the new world economy.

DAVID FIRTH is an international consultant, writer and conference speaker who works with individuals and companies intent on embracing the future. He is the author of The Corporate Fool, Corporate Voodoo, Smart Things to Know about Change and Smart Things to Know about People.

Edition details

• Publisher: Capstone
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1841120103
• ISBN 13: 9781841120102
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 254