Praise for Business Apocalypse and the Evolution of Today’s Organizations
David L. Southern
Writer, Speaker, Consultant, and Executive
Background and Interests
After spending over forty years in the trenches as a corporate finance professional with various biopharmaceutical and high-tech companies, I am taking a step back to examine the bigger picture of how organizations function and the changes they must make to survive in the future.
Work consumes a considerable amount of time for most employed people. The experience of time spent on the job can range from exciting, fulfilling, and soul-nourishing to fatiguing, boring, and mind-numbing. As a society, we are at a crossroads in the development of tools to radically improve the work experience and enrich the lives of those so engaged. We must seize this opportunity.
From Business Thought leaders
"This excellent and well written analysis of how management and organizations have changed over the last 100 years not only shows what has happened but more importantly illustrates with good examples what must continue to happen if organizations are to learn to cope with the rapidly changing environments that they exist in. This book describes in detail how organizations need to structure, create processes, and manage people more effectively to deal with the challenge they will face."
Edgar H. Schein, Professor Emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management Author with Peter Schein of Humble Leadership (2018) and Humble Inquiry Rev. (2021)
"Business Apocalypse and the Evolution of Today's Organizations provides timely and compelling insights on what managers and leaders need to do in order to keep their companies successful and employees engaged. In a global and digital era in which change is rapid and strong capabilities are essential. Mr. Southern's book offers both thoughtful histories of knowledge, intensive firms and relevant advice to those overseeing corporate structures, cultures, and people, today and tomorrow."
Professor David Teece, Executive Chairman, Berkeley Research Group and Director of the Tusher Center on Intellectual Capital, Haas School, UC Berkeley.
from academic leaders
"David Southern has beautifully described the world we must be preparing our students to engage with. A new era requiring different skills and attitudes than those supporting successful careers in the past."
Dr. Jane Fernandes, President, Antioch College
from Industry professionals
"In today's competitive labor market, companies need to be at the top of their game to attract the best talent to execute and drive strategies forward. Business Apocalypse and the Evolution of Today's Organization provides concrete examples of how leading companies are rewriting historical assumptions and operating practices to make their businesses the most successful as well as the best places to work. If you are not keeping up with the rapidly evolving changes in the workplace, you are falling behind."
Dena Upton, Chief People Officer of DriftR, which was recognized as the seventh fastest growing North American technology company be Deloitte in 2021.
"Building organizational cultures that allow employees to deliver their best efforts is the new management imperative. This book is a timely contribution to advancing current management thinking and the underlying behavioral assumptions. The author offers abundant research data, examples of corporate initiatives, and provides references to newly available tools and resources that can help launch curious organizations into action."
Lauretta Cesario, retired Sr. Vice-President, Human Resources at Five Prime Therapeutics
A critical look at today's business environment and how organizations are adapting for the future
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