Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future by Leonard A. Schlesinger , Charles F. Kiefer , et al.
ISBN: 9781422143612
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press (March 20, 2012)
Hardcover : 224 pages
How to succeed at work and lifein an increasingly unpredictable world
In a world where you can no longer plan or predict your way to success, how can you achieve your most important goals? It’s a daunting question. But in today’s environment, where change is the only constant, it’s a question everyone must answer. This is true whether you are an innovator or an entrepreneur, a manager or a newly minted graduate.
The first step, say the authors of this book, is this: Just start.” In other words, take action now and learn as you go.
Written by a trio of seasoned business leaders, Just Start combines fascinating research with proven practices to deliver a reliable method for helping you advance toward your goalsdespite the uncertainty that is all too common today. Babson College President Leonard Schlesinger, organizational learning expert Charles Kiefer, and veteran journalist Paul B. Brown share their own deep and varied experiences and draw from a source where striving amid constant uncertainty actually works: the world of serial entrepreneurship. In this world, people don’t just think differentlythey act differently, as well.