Move to the Edge, Declare it Center: Practices and Processes for Creatively Solving Complex Problems

Everett Harper's book "Move to the Edge, Declare it Center" provides a powerful and pragmatic take on solving complex problems through uncertainty. It offers a new framework for leadership suited to an increasingly volatile, uncertain, and unpredictable world, with effective practices for making decisions, sustaining teams, and managing personal anxiety. The book includes case studies of World Central Kitchen, COVID public health policymakers, and California wildfire responders, as well as pragmatic playbooks for implementing the framework in organizations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

In his book "Move to the Edge, Declare it Center", CEO, entrepreneur, and strategist Everett Harper offers a powerful and pragmatic approach to solving complex problems and making decisions in uncertain environments. Harper emphasizes the importance of experimentation, iteration, and building infrastructure to sustain innovations within teams and organizations.

The author provides a comprehensive set of practices, processes, and infrastructure that address complex problems alongside methods to systematize, scale, and share best practices throughout an organization. He presents a new framework for leadership that is well-suited to the increasingly volatile, uncertain, and unpredictable world. The book offers effective ways to make decisions in situations with incomplete information, strategies for sustaining teams during highly uncertain times, and techniques for managing personal anxiety, which is a crucial leadership skill for the next decade.

Through case studies of World Central Kitchen, COVID public health policymakers, and California wildfire responders, the author illustrates the framework and provides pragmatic playbooks on topics such as salary transparency, remote work, and diversity and inclusion. The book also includes personal stories and winning strategies from Harper's own experiences as a leader, aimed at helping leaders maintain high performance, avoid burnout, and enable companies to thrive.

"Move to the Edge, Declare it Center" is a valuable resource for business leaders facing complex problems that require immediate decisions in the face of uncertain outcomes. It is also a must-read for anyone interested in modern leadership and organizational development.

Weight: 518g
Dimension: 237 x 201 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119849889