{"product_id":"when-isbn-9781118226117","title":"When","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn elegant and counterintuitive guide to achieving perfect timing\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTiming is everything. Whether we are making strategic business decisions or the smallest personal choice, we must decide not only \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e to do, but \u003ci\u003ewhen\u003c\/i\u003e to do it. Act too early—or too late—and the results can be disastrous. Based on a 20-year investigation into more than 2,000 timing issues and errors, \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e presents a single and practical approach for dealing with timing in life and business. Good timing, Albert argues, is not just a matter of luck, intuition, or past experience—all of which may be unreliable—but a skill. He describes that skill and details the tools and methods needed to conduct a successful timing analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe book is the first to offer an efficient and comprehensive way to think through any timing issue\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFilled with dozens of lively stories illustrating good and bad timing in all walks of life—business, warfare, medicine, sports, entertainment and the arts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by Stuart Albert, one of the foremost timing experts in the world and developer of the first practical, research-based method for turning the skill of timing into a competitive advantage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngaging and counterintuitive, \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e will show everyone, regardless of the work they do, or the life they live, that \"it's all in the timing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Sequence 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Temporal Punctuation 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Interval and Duration 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Rate 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Shape 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Polyphony 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 Using the Lenses: The Timing of Dissent 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 A Timing Analysis: Seven Steps 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoda: Re-Imaging the World 239\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix: Temporal Architecture: Concept and Field of Inquiry 247\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 249\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments 263\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Author 267\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 269\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eStuart Albert\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the foremost timing experts in the world. He is professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard and at M.I.T. The developer of a practical, research-based method for managing timing in business, Albert has worked with small and medium-sized companies, as well as large multi-nationals, to help executives better decide and manage issues of timing. His patent on the interpretation of movement in time was featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTiming is everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether you are making high-stakes business decisions or personal choices, you must decide not only \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e to do, but \u003ci\u003ewhen\u003c\/i\u003e to do it. Act too early or too late, and the results can be disappointing - or even disastrous. But how can you know when the time is right?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTiming can be learned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e, timing expert Stuart Albert presents a fresh, counterintuitive, and above all practical approach to dealing with timing issues. Albert shows that good timing is not just a matter of luck, intuition, or past experience-all of which may be unreliable - but requires \u003ci\u003eskill\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e teaches the tools and methods needed to build and use that skill, equipping you to choose and use timing to your (competitive) advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the book is Albert’s timing analysis method, based on a decades-long investigation of more than 2,000 timing issues and errors. \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e examines in depth the six key elements of timing analysis: Sequence, Temporal Punctuation, Interval\/Duration, Rate, Shape, and Polyphony, and how they fit together in timing design. Examples from the worlds of business, warfare, medicine, sports, entertainment, and the arts bring those elements to life, clearly illustrating how to find timing patterns and craft a subtle, sophisticated, specific – and effective – course of action, whether in business or in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngaging and pragmatic, \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e will show you that, regardless of that work you do or the life you live, time can be on your side.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This detail-rich, case-study-based volume is a truly unique addition to the business literature, and Albert's common-sense points will prove a boon to readers eager to make time count.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Publisher's Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant analysis, full of practical implications, on a topic we all live with and take for granted, but don’t know how to manage better. Stuart Albert deconstructs time in a useful manner that allows us to examine our own experience from a new perspective. Just when we thought there was nothing more to say about analyzing life and business, this book gives us a whole new dimension to think about.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Edgar Schein\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As Homer said, it is the height of folly to be wise too late. \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e is right on time- wise, beautifully written, and immensely practical in today’s hectic world. It would be unwise not to make the time to read it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Ellen Langer\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of psychology, Harvard, and author, Mindfulness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Plenty of books report on the 'what' and the 'how' of business, but \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e takes up the third dimension not often recognized: timing. A business proposition can be too early- and is often too late. Getting the timing right is key, and Stuart Albert helps us do it systematically.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Jim Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e, chairman, Rothschild North America, and former vice chairman. General Mills\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"By providing a process to examine all the elements of decision and a flow of each element in time, \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e transformed the way I look at decision-making. The process of determining the elements is already useful. Add to that an examination of temporal interaction and the result is a better decision. This is a technique worth learning.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Cirillo, Jr\u003c\/b\u003e., vice president, retired, 3M\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Stuart Albert has spent a lifetime thinking about time, and \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating glimpse at the structures that underlie questions of timing. How can we think systematically about sequences of events, major inflection points, the duration of parallel events, and speed of execution as we decide when to embark on a particular course of action? Rich with examples, \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e helps managers come to grips with many ways time and timing have an impact on everything we do. An exhilarating read!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Srilata Zaheer\u003c\/b\u003e, Dean and Elmer L. Anderson Chair in Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990483321061,"sku":"NP9781118226117","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118226117.jpg?v=1761788006","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/when-isbn-9781118226117","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}