This Is Management

by Luca Dellanna

Over the past years, I published two books titled "Best Practices For Operational Excellence" and "Teams Are Adaptive Systems". They got great reviews, such as the one above.

Then, in November 2020, I published the first Roam book, on Ergodicity. Roam Research is an application that allows to create a "personal wikipedia" of interconnected thoughts. (Here are some of the features of Roam books; more on this below.)

I decided to take the opportunity to merge together my two books on management and package them as a Roam book, to allow readers to explore them non-linearly, to make connections between topics, and to take integrated notes.

The book is divided in four parts:

The Nature of Management
The 4 Principles of Management
The 8 Best Practices to apply them
How to roll-out and sustain an initiative to change the operational culture of your team or organization
All of the above, seen through the eyes of a common thread: teams are adaptive systems.

It is a very practical book and does not contain the usual management bubble spoken by consultants who never actually managed operations.

Instead, it focuses on proven principles that I've witnessed in the many companies I got to observe in my career.

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Published March 1, 2021

About the author

Luca Dellanna is a management advisor and the author of 9 books. He has been featured on Nudgestock, the largest behavioral sciences conference, and Econtalk, among others. More than 25,000 people around the world read Luca regularly.

Luca is known for being probably the only consultant at the intersection of risk management under uncertainty, operational know-how, and behavioral psychology. He also strongly believes in the importance of teaching not just what the right thing to do is but also how to do it right.

After a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Luca spent the first part of his career working for DuPont’s consulting unit in Frankfurt, Germany. There, he focused on managerial excellence projects in various industries, all across Europe.

In 2015, Luca moved back to his hometown of Turin, Italy, and opened a private consulting practice serving clients worldwide (with a focus on Italy, France, United States, India, and Singapore).

He has also published books about management, human behavior, and economics that earned him appearances at the most important conferences and podcasts in his field, Nudgestock and EconTalk, respectively.

In 2023, Luca operates a consulting practice in Italy and Singapore, and lives in Turin with his wife Wenlin and his dog Didi.

Luca writes regularly on Twitter (@DellAnnaLuca).
His personal website is www.luca-dellanna.com