Building the Enterprise of the Future

As we look ahead to an eight-billion-mind world, we face many new challenges and opportunities. This will demand bringing all of our collective knowledge to bear. Traditional business and organizational models impede the flow of knowledge and will not work. We need to design new business models and strategies, even entirely new business ecosystems. We call this the Enterprise of the Future. Such an enterprise must be able to innovate and learn at least as fast as, or greater than, the speed of change in the market. This means transforming traditional, knowledge-hoarding organizations into enterprises with a culture that promotes rapid innovation, learning and knowledge-sharing. This book gives you a simple step-by-step approach for making this transformation happen, based on decades of research and field practice. Over time, you'll see measurable improvements in learning rates, concept-to-development cycle times, and time-to-market. Through a systematic process of leading, connecting, co-creating, and discovering, you'll be able to not only respond to, but lead, the changes in your market. Here's what authors and industry leaders are saying about "Building the Enterprise of the Future..." "This book provides a framework and the key ingredients needed to lead a successful enterprise in the age of knowledge." - Hassan Syed, Founder and CEO: Bir Ventures "A holistic and insightful treatment of the key dynamics of the knowledge economy and enterprise - with an added bonus of 'How To' make it work for your organization. A must read for the 21st century organizational leader." - Dr. Michael Stankosky, Co-founder: Institute for Knowledge & Innovation; Professorial Lecturer, Knowledge Management: The George Washington University "A clever book to tackle current uncertainties with certainty." - Dr. Charles Chow, Managing Director: East-West Group, Singapore "Given the knowledge-based nature of today's work, and the collaboration complexities of today's organizations, this book provides the essential success principles for the future enterprise - which are actually needed today." - Dr. John Lewis, Author: The Explanation Age "Anyone who wants to lead an Enterprise of the Future will transform the way they think about a firm's knowledge and its role in shaping the future of both business and society itself." - Dr. Dan Holtshouse, Director Corporate Strategy (Retired): Xerox "I have read many multidisciplinary books. And yet, there was something different about this one. It raised two important questions: Where are we going, and why are we going there? After finishing the book one realizes that we need to be not only thinking about the future, but at the same time thinking about how to prepare ourselves to make that future better." - Dr. Kamen Lozev, Associate Professor and past Fulbright Scholar: South-West University 'Neofit Rilski' - Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria "This masterpiece becomes part of our ever-changing realities just ahead of time, that is, raising our awareness to future choices, the future that is already here and the one that is accelerating towards us. We are asked to embrace our role as co-creator and together, as eight billion interconnected minds, share and expand our knowledge to move into the future. This book serves to clearly and succinctly answer the question, 'How do we get there?'" - Dr. Alex Bennet, Mountain Quest Institute; Professor of Knowledge and Innovation Management: Bangkok University "Dr. Art Murray's writings are akin to multiple courses of a 5-star internationally reputed restaurant: Each course (chapter) delights and enlightens; at the end you're booking a seat for the next gourmet offering " - Dr. Francesco Calabrese, Founder/Executive Director: International Institute for Knowledge & Innovation; Professor: Bangkok University