Corporate Voodoo

Why do many companies find it so hard to escape the pull of the past? Why do many individuals keep resorting to learned behaviour, the habits and ideas that may have brought them success in the past, but which will leave them adrift in the fast-moving currents of the new economy? What is the spell that keeps them so immobilised? It's the Voodoo...
And what is the magic that can release us all - organisations and individuals, leaders and the led, employees and free agents, parents and children and candlestick makers - into a world of power, creativity, connection and achievement? It's also the Voodoo...
The power comes from knowing the difference...
VOODOO is suspicious of the neat and tidy answer
VOODOO inhabits the dreamworld
VOODOO asks: Why clarify the contradictions?
VOODOO asks: Are you thrilling yourself today?
VOODOO asks: Why predict the future when you can make it?
VOODOO says: Write your own most compelling story about you
VOODOO is not in the cornflakes
VOODOO asks: When was your last life-changing moment?
VOODOOcelebrates
VOODOO is not found in the kitchen at parties
VOODOO values the vibe
VOODOO asks: In what ways should you be fearful of yourself?
VOODOO connects to a powerful future
VOODOO says: If you are failing - fail fast
VOODOO catches you doing things right
VOODOO finishes off your sentences
VOODOO practitioners punch way above their weight
VOODOO is the goal scorer never the goalkeeper
VOODOO is more than mere magic, it's your magicDie Entwicklung des Informationszeitalters vollzieht sich in atemberaubendem Tempo. Viele Unternehmen werden von dieser komplexen Entwicklung regelrecht überrollt, und obwohl sie zu Online Strategien übergehen, geschieht dies meistens nicht freiwillig und aus den richtigen Gründen. Ein bisschen Zauberei wirkt da schon wahre Wunder bei der Suche nach dem richtigen Weg.
"Corporate Voodoo" - ein kontroverses Buch mit einer Zukunftsvision: Geschäftsweisheiten und -prinzipien für Alleingänger und Zauberkünstler. Es stellt ein Konzept vor für die Gründung eines 'Fast Business', entweder aus dem Nichts oder auf der Basis eines Unternehmens der Old Economy. Dabei dehnt es den Anwendungsbereich seiner 'Fast Principles' von der Arbeitswelt auf das Leben als Ganzes aus. Mit Hilfe dieser 'Fast Principles' lässt sich eine Antwort finden auf die Frage: Wo liegen die Quellen unserer persönlichen Macht, unseres Glücks und Erfolgs in dieser schnelllebigen Welt. Geschrieben von zwei hochkarätigen Spitzenautoren: David Firth, Consultant, Autor und Redner von internationaler Reputation, und René Carayol, anerkannter Redner zum Thema E-Commerce. Introduction.

The Spell.

The Prayer.

The Great Crossing.

Initiates create Fast business.

Muggles live in Slow business.

Towards a Voodoo world: Honour the children.

Voodoo embraces everything.

Voodoo is not afraid.

Voodoo starts with you.

Do Voodoo.

Epilogue.

Postscript.

Appendix. "destined to become a classic 'visioneering' manual" (New Media Creative, July 2001)
"Corporate Voodoo is natural, instinctual, risky and thrilling - and like all good magic, it's scary too." (Sales Director, August 2001)
"a thought provoking series of connected themes and exemplars..." (Manager, November/December 2001)
"... give food for thought for the business soul." (Accountancy Age, 21 March 2002)
"...An evocative book that draws inspiration from an array of sources.." (Mind Your Own Business, March 2002) RENE CARAYOL is one of the world's leading authorities on business transformation. He has twenty years' experience at the top of major corporations including Pepsi, IPC Magazines and Marks and Spencer, many of them as a main board director. His management messages are essentially practical. But he also has the vision to translate that experience into a coherent, compelling and exciting philosophy.
Combining an insider's knowledge of the IT world, and long familiarity with the ways of the boardroom, Rene Carayol is uniquely qualified to guide corporations through the maze of the new world economy.
DAVID FIRTH is an international consultant, writer and conference speaker who works with individuals and companies intent on embracing the future. He is the author of The Corporate Fool, Smart Things to Know about Change and Smart Things to Know about People. When...
... the information Age has been galvanised by the internet
... your business is being driven toward online strategies
(but you're not always convinced it's through choice)
... the pace of development is accelerating and the noise levels are high
... the technology is more complex than ever
... and when your corporate body seems to be hyperventilating
... THAT'S WHEN THE VOODOO STARTS TO HAPPEN.
When ...
... you know that your people are not your greatest asset
... and your customers are not your king
... THAT'S WHEN THE VOODOO STARTS TO HAPPEN.
When...
...you've identified the opportunities of the new economy, but not on a significant commercial scale
...you've identified the opportunities, but lack the skills to exploit them
...you just can't decide what to do
... THAT'S WHEN THE VOODOO NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Corporate Voodoo offers a framework for creating a Fast Business, either from scratch or when working with an old economy legacy organisation. And it extends its Fast Principles from work into the whole of life to answer the question: what are the sources of personal power, happiness and success in a Fast world? Why do many companies find it so hard to escape the pull of the past? Why do many individuals keep resorting to learned behaviour, the habits and ideas that may have brought them success in the past, but which will leave them adrift in the fast-moving currents of the new economy? What is the spell that keeps them so immobilised? It's the Voodoo...
And what is the magic that can release us all - organisations and individuals, leaders and the led, employees and free agents, parents and children and candlestick makers - into a world of power, creativity, connection and achievement? It's also the Voodoo...
The power comes from knowing the difference...
VOODOO is suspicious of the neat and tidy answer
VOODOO inhabits the dreamworld
VOODOO asks: Why clarify the contradictions?
VOODOO asks: Are you thrilling yourself today?
VOODOO asks: Why predict the future when you can make it?
VOODOO says: Write your own most compelling story about you
VOODOO is not in the cornflakes
VOODOO asks: When was your last life-changing moment?
VOODOOcelebrates
VOODOO is not found in the kitchen at parties
VOODOO values the vibe
VOODOO asks: In what ways should you be fearful of yourself?
VOODOO connects to a powerful future
VOODOO says: If you are failing - fail fast
VOODOO catches you doing things right
VOODOO finishes off your sentences
VOODOO practitioners punch way above their weight
VOODOO is the goal scorer never the goalkeeper
VOODOO is more than mere magic, it's your magic