Tricky Times (Paperback)

Jistke Kramer

ISBN 10: 9047018745 / ISBN 13: 9789047018742

Published by Atlas Contact, Uitgeverij, Amsterdam, 2025

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Paperback. A 2025 Management Book of the Year finalist, 'Tricky Times' is an essential guide for understanding the challenges, opportunities and leadership needed during uncertain times. Leading corporate anthropologist Jitske Kramer masterfully shows us how to navigate change as an individual, team or organization.In Tricky Times, Jitske Kramer unravels the complexities of transformations and cultural change. Fascinated by the myriad changes impacting our world and universally fierce emotions they are arousing, best-selling Dutch author and anthropologist Jitske Kramer set out to unravel the patterns of this liminal time. In clear language she describes the opportunities, the dangers and the lures during major changes. When wild stories confound, tricksters continually toy with truth and power relations shift.We are lost in a trickster culture. We hail the best spinners of truth as heroes and now have Jack Sparrows as CEOs and Pinocchios as political leaders. Tricky Times is an unsettling book that will have you seeing society, and yourself, with fresh eyes. A book of insightful interpretations and personal views. Sharing lessons Jitske learned on her travels in diverse cultures. Offering a vision on the kind of leadership needed in liminal times. And an urgent book, because we can and must do better. We have work to do.Navigating through uncertain times is a tricky business. It takes fearlessness and faith. Taking the knowledge and tools of anthropology, this book delves into the patterns and dynamics of major change. Anthropology has the ability to illuminate and lay bare things we knew but could not yet put into words. In Tricky Times; Navigating the Messy Middle of Change, Jitske Kramer unravels the complexities of cultural change. Focusing particularly on what happens in the uncomfortable, turbulent, precarious and messy middlewhen we know we cannot go back to how things were, but also cant yet clearly picture whats to come. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tricky Times (Paperback)
• Publisher: Atlas Contact, Uitgeverij, Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9047018745
• ISBN 13: 9789047018742
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Ithis groundbreaking work, leading corporate anthropologist Jitske Kramer masterfully deciphers the complexities of transition and transformation. Drawing on global cultural insights, she reveals why societies across the world are experiencing unprecedented turbulence. Established truths are dissolving and traditional power structures are shifting. Kramer offers invaluable wisdom and practical tools to help people, organisations and societies navigate the ‘messy middle’ of change, where the familiar no longer works and the new is not yet clear. A 2025 Management Book of the Year finalist, Tricky Times equips readers to recognise the patterns, face the challenges and lead the way through the uncertainty of liminal change.

• “In a world where the ability to adapt is paramount, Kramer's insights provide a valuable compass for anyone seeking to lead through the complexities of transformation.” – Erin Meyer

• “In these times of relentless uncertainty, one thing is certain: we need this book.” – Robert Cialdini

• “A completely original, challenging, and practically useful take on change. Tricky Times has the power to transform you and your organization.” – Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, Thinkers50