Wheelspin: The Agile Executive's Manifesto - Accelerate Your Growth, Leverage Your Value, Beat Your Competition

by Mike Richardson

This book provides a manifesto for the Why, What, When, Where, How and Who of agility.  Using stories from his experiences as a manager, executive and CEO in the Oil and Gas, Aerospace and Automotive industries, Mike Richardson explores agility in everyday terms. He explains how aircraft accidents, the BP Oil Spill and Toyota’s safety recalls relate to your agility challenge in your role in your business. He explains the agility of a jet fighter plane and a jet fighter pilot and how you can employ similar techniques in your organization.

344 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Mike Richardson is an American publisher, writer, and Emmy-winning producer. In 1986, he founded Dark Horse Comics, an award-winning international publishing house located in Milwaukie, Oregon. Richardson is also the founder and President of the Things From Another World retail chain and president of Dark Horse Entertainment, which has developed and produced numerous projects for film and television based on Dark Horse properties or licensed properties.
In addition, he has written numerous graphic novels and comics series, including The Secret, Living with the Dead, and Cut as well as co-authoring two non-fiction books: Comics Between the Panels and Blast Off!.