Thriving in uber-uncertainty

Book review of Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism and Technological Revolution

Corporate leaders love to say change is the only constant. But major disruptive changes taking place in multiple arenas simultaneously can shake the confidence of even the best CEOs. This is where management consultants and books written by them come in. They prescribe strategies, offer new frameworks to re-examine established strategies, and sometimes just repackage common sense advice into suitable management-speak. Their value lies, most often, not in offering any great insight but simply in bringing an outsider’s perspective that helps management look at the problems with fresh eyes.

Beyond Great falls in this category. It has been written by three