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Author: Hollingworth, Patrick
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Cut the organisational and operational dead weight to climb higher, faster

The Light and Fast Organisation presents a blueprint for organisations looking to thrive in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. VUCA - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity - has become the dominant mode of modern business, and leaders are overwhelmed. Competition and instability has increased while barriers to entry have fallen, chronic employee disengagement is on the rise and the global economic recovery is incredibly fragile; business leaders are uncomfortable, with threats to their business looming on all sides. This book proposes an alternative to the VUCA paradigm, one in which we learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, and a model for helping your organisation climb above the fray. Case studies from both business and mountaineering illustrate the benefits and practicalities of becoming light, fast, and agile and underscore the importance of self-awareness and self-reliance in minimising your exposure to risk.

Business and mountaineering share many parallels, including frequent operation outside of the comfort zone. This book shows you the strong skills and effective strategies you need to reach the summit.

Get comfortable with discomfort
Adopt an 'Alpine Style' approach to business
Operate outside of the VUCA paradigm
Stretch outside your comfort zone to achieve more, faster

Leaders must accept the current VUCA state and assess their preparedness, but it's possible to move beyond it by ingraining a 'light and fast' approach at the core of their organisations' values and operations. It's only through reaching beyond the 'safe' zone that we learn what we're made of, and build the foundations for successful leadership and teamwork. The Light and Fast Organisation is your practical coach for climbing the mountain, and your guide to the quickest route to the summit.

From the rear cover

On Wednesday 13 February 2008, Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck made history by climbing the North Face of the Eiger, a notoriously unpredictable and storm-prone mountain in Switzerland, in a record time of two hours and forty-seven minutes. On the surface, Steck's approach was staggeringly simple: he climbed light and he climbed fast.

The North Face of the Eiger provides the perfect metaphor for the world we live in today. We are experiencing our own unpredictable and violent storm, caused by complex interactions between people, places and technology. This storm is creating an increasingly confused landscape of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, and most of today's workers and organisations are not appropriately equipped to respond.

Although business and mountaineering share many parallels, they are rarely explored beyond superficial colloquialisms about 'dreaming big' and 'never giving up'. In this book, Patrick Hollingworth introduces the 'light and fast' approach, a refreshingly new and insightful perspective that arms you, and the organisation you work for, with the right mindset and skills to take advantage of the opportunities ahead.

You will learn how to:

flip business convention to prepare for an uncertain future
understand change and unearth opportunities
see uncertainty and complexity as opportunities to be embraced
create a 'light and fast' organisation that is truly agile and innovative
get comfortable with uncertainty and discomfort, to achieve more, faster.

The Light and Fast Organisation offers a unique approach for overcoming the world's most perplexing business challenges and reaching the summit before the storm arrives.

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Title The Light and Fast Organisation: A New Way of Dealing with Uncertainty
Author Patrick Hollingworth
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley
Publication date 2016-05
ISBN 9780730328278 / 0730328279
Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.2 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 0.51 cm)
Category Business / Economics / Finance

About the author

PATRICK HOLLINGWORTH is an experienced mountaineer, an in-demand international speaker, mentor and consultant, and a TEDx presenter. He works with people, teams and organisations to help them deal with a world which is becoming more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous by the day.

Patrick is based in Australia and travels internationally to work for a wide range of clients. These include multinational companies such as British retailer Marks and Spencer, American energy giant Chevron and British-Australian mining company Rio Tinto, through to mid-sized, Australian, Asian and European banks, medical and technology companies, and government departments and educational institutions.

Patrick's mountaineering has taken him to great heights--literally. He's summited multiple 8000 metre peaks, including Mount Everest, and over the past 15 years has been a member of small light and fast alpine-style teams and has led rather large heavy and slow expedition-style teams. He's seen the very best of what alpine style can offer, and also the very worst of what expedition style can deliver.

Find out more at www.patrickhollingworth.com

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