Audiobooks by Seth Kahan

Getting Change Right: How Leaders Transform Organizations from the Inside Out

Getting Change Right presents a new view of leadership communication that says change doesn't flow top-down, bottom-up, or sideways, but inside-out. When the right people are having the right conversations and interactions, then they act in concert even though the situations they confront independently are impossible to predict or coordinate... this is how change spreads through a complex system. In this book, Kahan challenges readers with a new model of communication, one that moves from a transactional view of information exchange (Here's my message. Get it?) to a collaborative construction of shared understanding (Let's talk together about what this means to each of us and how it will change all of us). This shift in leadership communication forms the basis of Getting Change Right. Kahans experience with Fortune 100 companies, leading government agencies, and innovative associations has shown him that there is a whole different way to approach change that leads to dramatic success. It feeds on (1) authentic face-to-face conversations among those whose understanding and behavior have critical impact, the most valuable players, or MVPs, and (2) dramatic events that capture the spirit of the change and spread it in powerful surges. This approach is just as much about listening as it is about telling a process Kahan calls co-creation. Getting Change Right draws on Kahans years of experience as a hands-on practitioner, offering business insights and field-tested, practical techniques that readers can put to work immediately to achieve success.

Bill George, Seth Kahan (Author), John Morgan (Narrator)

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Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success

Getting Innovation Right departs from the conventional wisdom of innovation, which  encourages creativity, freewheeling experiments, tolerance for mistakes and failures, play, intuition, collaboration, curiosity, and so on.  Play and curiosity are a wonderful part of everyday life and have their place in creating a culture of high performance, but they are not enough to drive results in the harsh realities of commerce. This book takes a hard-nosed stance and says, innovation is nothing if it is not successful. Here's what it takes to get traction and growth in the marketplace. A practical guide, this is the ultimate handbook for generating game-changing innovation in today's tumultuous economy, providing practicable guidance for an outcome-based approach to innovation that generates lasting value for clients. Kahan identifies the specific strategies that add value, including: introducing new ways of working, dealing successfully with disruption, coping with the down economy, responding to a revolutionary product sweeping through the marketplace and laying waste to existing industries.  Most crucially, he presents a 7 step model for an innovation strategy that works: Discover Inflection Points Build Capacity Gather Business Intelligence Shift Perspective Exploit Disruption Generate Value Drive Uptake Getting Innovation Right will include stories, techniques, perspectives, and templates from the wide range of 60+ companies in diverse sectors where Kahan has led innovation initiatives. Innovation experts will contribute sidebars from their experience in the field. Grounded in real market experience, Getting Innovation Right is an indispensable resource for leaders looking to push the envelope in way that have the highest chance of success in the marketplace.

Seth Kahan (Author), Michael Butler Murray (Narrator)

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