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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
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English
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NIMBLE

Baba Prasad

Mastering the Five Types of Agility to Make Yourself and Your Company Resilient in the Age of Constant Change

Today's world is best described by one word: turbulence. Every leader today knows they need to be nimble, agile and resilient--but how? In this engaging and insightful new book, management strategist and visiting Wharton professor Baba Prasad sheds new light on the subject, and offers practical advice for executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who'll need the skills to face the unpredictability, risk, and deep uncertainty that lies ahead.

Filled with vivid examples and insights from around the world and throughout history - from the Brazilian rainforest and the "frugal innovation" of 19th century Indian engineers to Ericsson, Lego, Burt's Bees, and Zara—NIMBLE reveals what sets the most nimble leaders and organizations apart from the competition, presenting five types of agility that help individuals and companies not just survive but thrive in times of great change:

· Analytical agility: Understanding the real problem
· Operational agility: Driving leadership through action
· Innovative agility: Finding creative solutions when you need them most
· Communicative agility: Solving problems together
· Visionary agility: Going beyond the here and now

It is possible to embrace change and uncertainty without sacrificing innovation and growth. NIMBLE shows you how.

Baba Prasad, president and CEO of Vivékin Group (http://vivekingroup.com), is a leading thinker in the area of management strategy and innovation. He holds a PhD in operations and information management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prasad is a Sloan Fellow at the Wharton School and visiting professor of management at the International Institute for Information Technology (IIT), Hyderabad. He has been a technology strategy consultant on Wall Street, and has served as faculty in the business schools at Purdue University and the University of Minnesota. Prasad and his wife, Professor Leela Prasad of Duke University, also work in economically underprivileged elementary schools in Hyderabad.

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Book Published 2018-02-20 by TarcherPerigee
Book Published 2018-02-20 by TarcherPerigee

Comments

Taking a radically different approach, [NIMBLE] demonstrates how five intelligences make us indomitable and enterprising, and at the same time, unselfish and giving leaders. [This] framework helps build companies that are dynamic, resilient, and visionary.

This is a powerful articulation of a new axiom that will define business strategy in the decades to come.

NIMBLE serves as a guide for understanding the evolution of business practices that enabled success in their respective eras, and introduces a pragmatic framework for how those practices must evolve to compete and win in today’s environment. Definitely a “must read” for leaders of any sized organization or team.

NIMBLE charts a bold new path for leadership, strategy, and innovation. This is a mindset-changing book for executives and students of business.

You can’t argue with the idea that enterprises of all sorts need to be nimble…Baba Prasad provides a powerful framework to make an organization—or a leader—agile, and illustrates it creatively with real-life business cases.

NIMBLE shows how we can anticipate and adapt to an increasingly chaotic world—and become better leaders, strategists, and innovators along the way.