Summary of Keith Ferrazzi, Kian Gohar & Noel Weyrich's Competing in the New World of Work

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The Burning Man festival, which is a temporary community in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, is a social experiment in which money is forbidden and extreme creativity is celebrated.

#2 The world was thrown into a state of disruption in 2020, and leaders had to adapt. The practices Keith and Kian had been recommending to executive teams for years suddenly became must-do items.

#3 Around the world, companies were forced to adapt to a radically changed business environment. Some companies were able to thrive, but many were just crisis adapting.

#4 At Ferrazzi Greenlight, we launched a project called Go Forward to Work, which aimed to study how the rules of work were being rewritten day by day and what exciting possibilities lay ahead. We wanted to create a place where leaders could stop and cocreate the future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669356738

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Burning Man festival, which is a temporary community in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, is a social experiment in which money is forbidden and extreme creativity is celebrated.

#2

The world was thrown into a state of disruption in 2020, and leaders had to adapt. The practices Keith and Kian had been recommending to executive teams for years suddenly became must-do items.

#3

Around the world, companies were forced to adapt to a radically changed business environment. Some companies were able to thrive, but many were just crisis adapting.

#4

At Ferrazzi Greenlight, we launched a project called Go Forward to Work, which aimed to study how the rules of work were being rewritten day by day and what exciting possibilities lay ahead. We wanted to create a place where leaders could stop and cocreate the future.

#5

In the new pandemic world, companies attempted things that they would never have done under normal circumstances. Projects that nobody wanted to take on suddenly made sense. Digital transformation projects that previously had a five-year implementation plan materialized overnight.

#6

The Covid outbreak made the enemy of common, and the teams at Whirlpool were no exception. They wanted to continue their work, not go backward.

#7

The seven chapters that follow present best practices in how to build a radically adaptable future. Together, they form an infinite loop that reinforces radical adaptability and transformation.

#8

The difference between success and failure in a post-pandemic world is how you choose to go forward. The world has become faster than you think, and it requires a new set of attitudes, processes, and practices to prepare you for it.

#9

The pandemic revealed in ways big and small