The Smart creative: Finding, Developing and Keeping Leaders for the Digital Age

127 Pages·2017·2.549 MB·English

by  Don Fowke, Bonnie Fowke

The Smart Creative
Finding, Developing and Keeping Leaders for the Digital Age
• Learn how to identify, develop, challenge and retain the
managerial and technical leadership your company needs
to succeed in the 21st century.
• Meet the smart creative, understand their developmental
needs in a way you can be sure to keep them growing,
and power your company’s growth.
• This is human resource strategy at its scientific best. At
a time when the brightest programmer, systems engineer,
or skilled manager can yield an order of magnitude more
productivity than the average, here is the key to unlock-
ing the brain power you need to succeed.
The Authors
Don and Bonnie Fowke are seasoned
management consultants. They focus on
excellent organization which aligns peo-
ple with strategy. They serve executives
across a broad range of industries. Their
deep experience builds on Don’s educa-
tion in industrial management at MIT’s
Sloan School of Management, and Bon-
nie’s education at The Gestalt Institute of
Cleveland. They practice as members of
The New Management Network, and live
in Toronto.

DeDication
To Elliott Jaques (1917 – 2003)
On the 100th anniversary of his birth
2017
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contents
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acknowleDgements
We wish to acknowledge the many managers and
professionals in our client companies who have participated
in the talent management programs exploring their paths of
development with us, and the executives of these companies
who have commissioned the talent management work. These
companies, spanning manufacturing, resources, packaged
goods, software, engineering and construction, financial
services and data analytics, remain anonymous for privacy
and confidentiality reasons.
We also acknowledge the contribution of Joshua Fowke and
T. Owen Jacobs to this book.
In addition, our colleagues Herb Koplowitz, Glenn
Mehltretter, Michelle Malay Carter and Heidi Mehltretter
have been important to the development of the themes
presented here.
We wish to express our appreciation to Rebecca Cason of the
Requisite Organization International Institute for her efforts
to keep the Elliott Jaques work in print, and for her assistance
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in ensuring that our interpretation of that work remains
consistent with his findings and scientific conclusions.
In addition, we acknowledge Ken Shepard’s role in creating
and sustaining the Global Organization Design Society that
has brought so many professionals together to share ideas
and advance knowledge in the field of organization design.
Finally, to our graphic artist Andalee Motrenec and especially
our editor, Robert (Sam) Cudney for bringing it all together.
Don and Bonnie Fowke
Toronto
February 2017
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