Weaving Complexity and Business: Engaging the Soul at Work

Regine, Birute

ISBN 10: 1587990431 / ISBN 13: 9781587990434

Published by Texere, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Weaving Complexity and Business: Engaging the Soul at Work
• Publisher: Texere
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587990431
• ISBN 13: 9781587990434
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The authors draw on ideas from complexity science to suggest that business organizations can adapt and evolve in response to their environment. This work shows how business leaders who have embraced some principles from complexity science have had bottom-line success. First published in hardcover under the title Soul at Work in 2000 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. The authors are members of the Complexity Research Group at the London School of Economics and fellows of the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Roger Lewin is a prize-winning author and wrote the acclaimed Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos; recipient of the inaugural Lewis Thomas Award for excellence in the communication of life sciences; and the 1992 Award for contribution to issues in conservation by the Society of Conservation Biology. Between 1990 and 1993, he was a visiting professor in biology at Wayne State University, and an associate of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from 1993 to 1998. He speaks frequently around the world at conferences on complexity science and business.