The Science of Organizational Change by Paul Gibbons

The Science of Organizational Change by Paul Gibbons

Trust is a concept familiar to most. Whether we are cognizant of it or not, we experience it on a daily basis. Yet trust is quickly eroding in civic and political life. Americans' trust in their government has reached all-time lows. The political and social consequences of this decline in trust are profound. What are the foundations of trust? What explains its apparent decline in society? Is there a way forward for rebuilding trust in our leaders and institutions? How should we study the role of trust across a diverse range of policy issues and problems?

Given its complexity, trust as an object of study cannot be claimed by any single discipline. Rather than vouch for an overarching theory of trust, Living in an Age of Mistrust synthesizes existing perspectives across multiple disciplines to offer a truly comprehensive examination of this concept and a topic of research. Using an analytical framework that encompasses rational and cultural (or sociological) dimensions of trust, the contributions found therein provide a wide range of policy issues both domestic and international to explore the apparent decline in trust, its impact on social and political life, and efforts to rebuild trust.

Gibbons, Paul: - Paul Gibbons is a former investment banker, consultant, professor, and CEO (yes, he is that old.) Today, his writing, speaking, and scholarship focuses on how science and philosophy can provide practical solutions to the problems we face in the 21st century. Paul's most recent book Impact gives leaders 21st-century change tools and models that are based on up-to-the-minute research in behavioral sciences, complexity theory, agile methods, information science, and more. Astute leaders know that upskilling, culture change, and mindset are critical ingredients for successful digital change - but do not know how to change those quickly enough to keep up with pace of technological change. Impact is about those upgrades to the human side of organizations, leading, learning, communicating, changing, collaborating, deciding, and engaging. His first book, The Science of Organizational Change, is listed as one of the top-ten organizational change books of all time. The book debunked management double-speak with 21st-century research from the human sciences: philosophy, economics, political science, public health, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and history. Paul's bigger project could be called humanizing business and change. The most urgent questions for this century, suggests Paul, are two-fold. First, how can we balance the good business does, lifting billions from poverty, allowing collaboration and innovation on a global scale, and commercializing science for the common good, with its potential for great harm consumer fraud, financial bubbles, environmental damage, shattered communities, and corruption of our democracy? Second, how can we use science and reason, and not pseudoscience, myths, gurus, quacks, and dogma, to make better decisions in our lives and for our society? Paul bumper stickers? (1) Change is inevitable, whether it represents progress is up to us. (2) As computers do more of our thinking for us, taking over many of our cognitive tasks, our competitive advantage is in the social domain. (3) In a world where advancing human capability is critical, leaders need to lead learning. His popular practical philosophy podcast, Think Bigger, Think Better can be found on Itunes and Stitcher. In 2017, Paul became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2016, he was named a Top-30 global guru in organizational culture, and in 2008, CEO Magazine called Paul one of two CEO Super Coaches. He has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Guardian, and Independent newspapers. Paul has degrees in biochemistry, philosophy, and psychology, and has taught business ethics and business leadership at some of the world's top business schools. He lives in Colorado with two young sons, serves on the board of Denver's Institute for Enterprise Ethics, and competes in mindsports, chess, bridge, MOBA, and poker.

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ISBN 13	9780997651232
ISBN 10	0997651237
Title	The Science of Organizational Change
Author	Paul Gibbons
Series	Leading Change In The Digital Age
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Phronesis Media
Year published	2019-05-20
Number of pages	448
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