Peter Gomez

Master complex problems and face radical uncertainty by unleashing the power of small data Is your business using data to its optimum potential? In complicated well-structured problem situations, executives rely on Big Data. However, when faced with complexity and uncertainty they are challenged to skillfully handle Small Data. Leading by Weak Signals argues that impending dangers, new business opportunities or innovative ideas may be missed when data are classified as simply not "big enough." This insightful book with its new approach initiates a radical shift in perspective from running the business to changing the business. While Big Data are very well suited to run a business efficiently, Small Data lay open phenomena which are connected to transforming a company, like inflection points, scale changes, or critical transitions. The authors present practical business examples and an 8-step framework to implement their ideas in teams and on the individual level. This offers reflective practitioners a guideline for leveraging the enormous potential of weak signals for effective strategy development and operational execution in times of uncertainty – and gives them the competitive edge they need to succeed.

Profitables Wachstum ist der Schlüssel zum langfristigen Erfolg im Wettbewerb. Die Autoren zeigen in praxisnahen Kapiteln auf, wie Sie die Wachstumsfähigkeit Ihres Unternehmens nachhaltig steigern können. Das Buch vereint die Forschungsergebnisse des Center for Organizational Excellence (CORE) der Universitäten St. Gallen und Genf, ergänzt um eine Reihe von aktuellen Fallstudien aus der Unternehmenspraxis. Führungskräfte in Unternehmen sowie Studierende und Dozenten der Wirtschaftswissenschaften erhalten wertvolle Hinweise. Die zweite Auflage ist überarbeitet und enthält neue Erkenntnisse und Fallbeispiele aus den aktuellen Forschungsprojekten des Centers for Organizational Excellence.

This book is one of the first to deal with raising the value of a company by exploiting all its internal and external potentials. Integrated Value Management takes a holistic approach to corporate strategy. This is unusual in management books, which tend to bias themselves towards one particular paradigm or field of management. It deliberately presents a European perspective against the more commonly found American approach to management, and backs this up through the selection of case studies which illustrate the theories. The book exemplifies theory through easily understood practical examples emphasising application.