In this book David Allen tries to make us work better, not harder. He offers over 50 productivity principles to help you clear your head and focus, enabling you to identify what drives you, what holds you back and how to be ready for anything.

In this text, the author outlines his scenaric approach to developing a strategic vision for businesses, drawing on work done for institutions and companies such as the White House, EPA and the International Stock Exchange.

Establishes the vocabulary and concepts in the field of knowledge management. This book examines how various types of companies can understand, analyze, measure, and manage their intellectual assets, turning corporate wisdom into market value. It also presents an approach to catalogue and store knowledge.

Can a good company become a great one and, if so, how? After a five-year research project, the author concludes that good to great can and does happen. Here, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organization to make the leap from good to great while other organizations remain only good.

Demonstrates why outstanding companies that had their competitive antennae up, listened astutely to customers, and invested aggressively in new technologies still lost their market dominance. Drawing on patterns of innovation in a variety of industries, this book argues that good business practices can, nevertheless, weaken a great firm.

Helps managers discover how employees communicate and collaborate to get work done. This work also helps them identify ways they can influence these social networks to improve performance and innovation. It shows managers how to conduct a social network analysis of their organization. It is based on the study of sixty informal employee networks.