Tells a story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in your life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organization you work for in, or the family or community you live in.

The biography of an idea: that many of the problems we face - from teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics and are capable of sudden and dramatic change due to their inherent volatility. The author explores the ramifications of this, offering a way to view the world.

Examines the efforts of more than 100 companies to remake themselves into better competitors. This book identifies the common mistakes leaders and managers make in attempting to create change and offers a step-by-step process to overcome the obstacles and carry out the firm's agenda.

Features a story about a penguin colony in Antarctica that illustrates key truths about how deal with the issue of change. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one listens to him.

Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, where change is necessary to revitalize and improve corporate performance, this guide addresses the fact that it is people that have to carry out the change.

Shows how the best change leaders use not just reports or analysis, but gloves, video cameras, airplanes, office design, and other concrete elements to impel people toward positive action. This book reveals how this appeal to the heart-over the mind - motivates people to overcome even daunting obstacles to change and produce results.

Radical and hopeful, synthesises cutting-edge thinking, firsthand knowledge and ancient wisdom. Gives the reader an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning.

Offers exercises, tools and techniques for sustaining organisational learning over the long term, as well as suggestions, advice, cautions and warnings based on the experience of people who have already followed the path suggested by the author in The Fifth Discipline .

With new material by the author, a 25th-anniversary edition of the classic and practical guide to dealing with life's difficult and painful changes. Whether it is chosen or thrust upon you, change brings both opportunities and turmoil.

Tells the personal stories of people who have embraced deep change and inspired author to take his concept one step further and develop a model of leadership - 'the fundamental state of leadership.'

A guide to applying the new science to organisations, and our lives. This book shows how examples of non-linear networks and organizations are flourishing in the modern world. It presents examples like the E-bay, search engines and viral marketing works which are based on self-organising dynamics.

'The Metamorphosis' is one of the most remarkable stories ever written. Kafka's surrealistic approach shocks us into a new apppreciation of a basic truth: when we have outlived our usefulness there are no longer any certainties.

This book takes the reader outside the box of ordinary change theory and challenges us to effect change in our workplace by engaging in personal, transformative change. The message of the book is that by changing yourself you can change the world.

We will not survive unless we adapt to the way the world is changing. This book helps us to understand what Tom Peters, the American business guru, has called the new 'upside down' competitive realities in the world of work and of leisure.

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.

A special 15th anniversary edition of this principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems.

Intuition is not some magical property that arises unbidden from the depths of our mind. This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking and become better decision-makers in our homes, offices and in everyday life.

Explores both the benefits and disadvantages of the developments in global communication. The author discusses the annoyance and dangers of BlackBerrys in meeting rooms, hands-free kits in conversation, and using a phone or iPod whilst driving.

First appearing in the 1980s, this comprehensive reference covers the history of the spread of new ideas, for academics and professionals alike.

Whether your goal is to change minds, change markets, or change the world-anything is possible for an influencer.This work brings together the strategies of contemporary influence masters. Drawing from the skills of hundreds of successful influencers, it shares eight principles for changing behaviors.