1st Edition
The Human Constraint How Business Leaders Can Embed Continuous Innovation, Conflict Resolution, and Problem Solving Into Daily Practice
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part One: The Story
1. Unreal City
2. Stability and Chaos
3. Vertigo
4. The Deming Dimension
5. Dreams and Secrets
6. A Conflict in a Cloud
7. A Gap in the Skyline
8. An Invisible Web
9. Treasure Hunt in Dumbo
10. An Unrefusable Offer
11. The Woes of Winter
12. They’re All Traders
13. Arrivederci, New York
14. Shaker Heights
15. Pictures from an Exhibition
16. But We’re Only Just Getting Started
17. Spring Awakening
18. Stuck in the Middle
19. Counterpoint
20. Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow
21. All That Fall
22. Aftershocks
23. Oh, Canada
24. Enter a Ghost
25. Inherent Conflict
26. East Coast, West Coast
27. Fire in the Hole
28. A Celebration
29. The Original Thought
30. Choices
31. The Human Constraint
32. A New Economics
Part Two: An Introduction to Systemic Management and Systemic Thinking Processes for Business Leaders
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Dr. Angela Montgomery co-founded the first Decalogue Method company with Dr. Lepore in Milan, Italy in 1996 and co-founded Intelligent Management in Canada in 2010 to expand the work in North America. As a Partner of Intelligent Management, she has worked with CEOs and Executive Teams to break down barriers, build organizations as networks, create a positive culture, and accelerate growth. The Intelligent Management team helps leaders counter the sub-optimization that silo-thinking and behavior bring in organizations and radically improve performance to build sustainable prosperity.
Angela’s years of experience in adult education, research, and writing have allowed her to contribute meaningfully over the years to the development and promotion of the Decalogue knowledge base since its inception. She has a Ph.D. from the University of London in Literature and Science and has published with Cambridge University Press, MacMillan, CRC Press, and Springer.
