Leadership And the New Science ─ Discovering Order in a Chaotic World

Leadership and the New Science launched a revolution by demonstrating that ideas drawn from quantum physics, chaos theory, and molecular biology could improve organizational performance. Margaret Wheatley called for free-flowing information, individual empowerment, relationship networks, and organizational change that evolves organically -- ideas that have become commonplace. Now Wheatley's updated classic, based on her experiences with these ideas in a diverse number of organizations on five continents, is available in paperback.

Margaret Wheatley is president of the Berkana Institute, a non-profit educational and scientific research foundation supporting the discovery of new organizational forms. She is also a principal of Kellner-Rogers & Wheatley, Inc., a consulting firm that focuses on applying natural science principles in self-organization that engage the intelligence of the entire organization to respond to change continuously. Kellner-Rogers & Wheatley is actively experimenting with organizational redesigns that support the speed, flexibility, resiliency, and autonomy required in today's environment. Their clients encompass a wide variety of organizations, ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to healthcare, educational, governmental, and non-profit institutions, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Wheatley is the author of Leadership and the New Science , which was named Best Management Book of 1992 in Industry Week magazine. This book is credited with establishing a fundamentally new approach to how we think about organization. It has been translated into seven languages and featured in many business publications, including Fortune, CIO, Industry Week, Working Woman, and many industry specific journals. Her new book, A Simpler Way, was coauthored with Myron Kellner-Rogers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.