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The new pioneers, the men and women who are transforming the workplace and marketplace, Thomas Petzinger, Jr

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index

index present

non fiction

The new pioneers

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Thomas Petzinger, Jr

the men and women who are transforming the workplace and marketplace

The New Pioneers is about a powerful revolution that is reshaping the face of American business and creating an opportunity-rich economy. Tom Petzinger takes you inside this revolution to reveal how a dynamic generation of innovators and entrepreneurs is creating a collaborative new workplace, a value-added marketplace, and an economy overflowing with opportunity. These new pioneers recognize that the command-and-control hierarchy of the twentieth century is no longer responsive to the economic forces sweeping the globe. Petzinger draws from corporate case studies of companies in more than forty cities in thirty states, as well as accounts from overseas. His startling conclusions reveal not only a changing of the guard but far-reaching changes in the way business is being conducted

Introduction : The age of adaptation -- Being in business : trade and technology are fundamentally human -- Everyone a middleman : why the new rules favor the small and connected -- "Have it your way" : the customer is the common denominator -- What am I bid? : a revolutionary economy demands radical pricing -- From planning to playing : how agility and identity nurture innovation and trust -- Nobody's as smart as everybody : knowledge and self-organization flourish at the edge of chaos -- All together now : how common purpose comes to life -- Money and motivation : where people yearn to perform -- At home in the economy : the reunion of family and work -- "All my sons" : will business save society?