RESET: Rethinking Our World and Creating a Different Future

257 Pages·2021·2.418 MB·English

by  Philipp Kristian Diekhöner

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World Scientifi c
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Published by
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
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USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601
UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE
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RESET
Rethinking Our World and Creating a Different Future
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For our future children and the wonderful world we could give them.
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CONTENTS
HELLO WORLD ix
FOREWORD xi
The year nobody expected
I THE BIG RESET 3
Chapter 1: THE CATALYST 5
How we got here and why it matters
Chapter 2: ONE FOR THE TEAM 19
When competition lost to collaboration
Chapter 3: WHAT GOT US HERE WON’T GET
US THERE 35
Getting ready for a new operating system
Chapter 4: WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER 49
Discovering a better globalism
II THE NEW GLOBAL 63
Chapter 5: SOCIAL CAPITAL(-ISM) 65
The human currency
Chapter 6: THE SLOW DEATH OF INDUSTRIALISM 77
Why the next age won’t be industrial
Chapter 7: INSTITUTION TO DISTRIBUTION 85
A wealth of empowerment
Chapter 8: DIGITAL BY DEFAULT 99
The interface revolution
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III THE FUTURE YOU 115
Chapter 9: SIMPLICITY 117
Focusing on pure value
Chapter 10: DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? 129
Transparency above all
Chapter 11: NEED FOR NEEDS 143
Enabling the right choices with design
thinking beyond propositions and users
Chapter 12: THE KALE DOUGHNUT 153
Inspiring us to live our best lives
IV THE FUTURE OF WORK 165
Chapter 13: BECAUSE IT MATTERS 167
Rediscovering purpose
Chapter 14: SO MUCH AT STAKE 183
Transitioning to stakeholder capitalism
Chapter 15: VALUE GENERATION 195
Intergenerational workplace challenges
Chapter 16: LEADING WITH AGILITY 203
A new take on leadership and
organisational structure
V A WONDERFUL WORLD 215
EPILOGUE 217
How will all this shape our fates?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 227
INDEX 231
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hello
world
‘
Optimism is an effective antidote
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to bad fortune.
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