Business @ the Speed of Thought : Using a Digital Nervous System.

1st ed., 1st printing ; xxii, 470 pp. ; illustrated ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0446525685 : LCCN: 99-60040 ; OCLC: 41011834 ; LC: HD30.37; Dewey: 658 ; Contents: Information flow is your lifeblood. Manage with the force of facts ; Can your digital nervous sys tem do this? ; Create a paperless office -- Commerce : the Internet changes everything ; Ride the inflection rocket ; The Middleman must add value ; Touch your customers ; Adopt the web lifestyle ; Change the boundaries of business ; Get to market f irst -- Manage knowledge to improve strategic thought. Bad news must travel fast ; Convert bad news to good ; Know your numbers ; Shift people into thinking work ; Raise your corporate IQ ; Big wins require big risks -- Bring insight to business ope rations. Develop processes that empower people ; Information technology enables reengineering ; Treat it as a strategic resource -- Special enterprises. No health care system is an island ; Take government to the people ; When reflex is a matter of life and death ; Create connected learning communities -- Expect the unexpected. Prepare for the digital future. ; dark blue and black cloth with silver lettering, in blue and silver embossed dustjacket ; FINE/FINE.…