The Spider's Strategy: Creating Networks to Avert Crisis, Create Change, and Really Get Ahead

by Amit S. Mukherjee

Selected by Soundview as "One of the 30 Best Business Books of 2009"   “Mukherjee beautifully weaves the ever-morphing web of technology, business, and organizational learning together and explains why both top executives and middle managers must care about their impact.” Sudipta Bhattacharya President, Invensys Wonderware   “The business world is moving toward non-hierarchical networks.... The answer to these changes is a combination of network management and collaborative leadership. Mukherjee...goes beyond description of best practices. The four Design Principles that he has developed to implement networks are conceptually well thought through and actionable. This book deserves to be read by anybody who is interested in tomorrow’s organization.” Arnoud De Meyer Director, Judge Business School, Cambridge University   “An ‘adaptive organization’ must count as the response in the increasingly connected world in which business will operate in the decades ahead.… [Mukherjee] makes a terrific case of how to achieve the desired response. A great read for the ‘concerned’ before they reach the stage of being ‘tormented.’” R. Gopalakrishnan Executive Director, TATA Sons Limited   “Beyond the obvious, this is a great and pragmatic book, demonstrating the incredible power of collaboration in action.” Jean-Francois Baril Senior Vice President, Nokia Corporation   “Though many have sought to unlock the secrets of creating learning organizations, few have succeeded. In The Spider’s Strategy , Mukherjee provides the keys to the learning kingdom.… And he shows what it really takes to leverage the power of networks. It is that rare business book that deserves to be read from cover-to-cover.” Michael Watkins Author of The First 90 Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels   “Mukherjee has written a very thoughtful and thought provoking book.… The adaptive network perspective with its four Design Principles and the accompanying five Capabilities inspired by a Chief Network Officer will be the organizations of the present and future.… The book presents good theory, research grounded in facts, and a clear picture of what is both necessary and possible, going forward.” Alexander B. Horniman Killgallon Ohio Art Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business Administration, University of Virginia   To thrive in a world where networks of companies increasingly compete with other networks, managers can no longer focus solely on excellence in planning and execution. In The Spider’s Strategy , top business consultant Amit S. Mukherjee provides the tools you need to sense and respond to unexpected events. He shows why and how managers in your company must apply four powerful “Design Principles”  

237 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2008

Reviews

[E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoughtful guide on adapting to a networked world

Dr. Amit S. Mukherjee, a brilliant corporate strategist, outlines why the networked structures that large firms rely upon can also create significant hazards for them if breakdowns occur. Given today’s interconnectivity, companies that cannot quickly adapt to their partners’ emergencies may themselves suffer catastrophic losses. Mukherjee details the four primary capabilities that networked businesses must possess and explains how to achieve them. getAbstract advises that senior and middle managers will profit from this thoughtful book and its instructive case histories.

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