The Age of Speed
Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World
This book by Vince Poscente will be released on August 26, 2008 in Amazon.com
From Publishers Weekly
Business consultant Poscente employs velocity as a catchall term for explaining how to thrive in our hyperstimulated society. A former Olympic speed skier, he explains how people and organizations can best equip themselves to surf the endless assault of tasks and data familiar to any office worker. To him, speed both causes and solves the ambiguity surrounding high technology and the competing demands of career and personal life. But even if speed is the answer, this book doesn't uncover any insight that hasn't occurred to anyone who's ever stayed late tapping out e-mails. For case studies, the book wheels out long-suffering Eastman Kodak as an example of a Zeppelin that couldn't keep pace with new technology. Google, meanwhile, is a Jet that upped the ante. But readers who want to learn from that savvy company would be better served by other studies than this brief sketch. Poscente dallies on the Aligned Organization and the notion that work is no longer a place—it's a state of mind, but the result is a string of business clichés. With almost every other page left blank, Poscente's kind enough not to demand too much of his readers' time. But the lack of substance ensures that they'll forget it even faster. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
TIME Magazine
"Thought provoking new book ...advocates coming to terms with --nay, savoring -- the `more-faster-now world'". --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Business consultant Poscente employs velocity as a catchall term for explaining how to thrive in our hyperstimulated society. A former Olympic speed skier, he explains how people and organizations can best equip themselves to surf the endless assault of tasks and data familiar to any office worker. To him, speed both causes and solves the ambiguity surrounding high technology and the competing demands of career and personal life. But even if speed is the answer, this book doesn't uncover any insight that hasn't occurred to anyone who's ever stayed late tapping out e-mails. For case studies, the book wheels out long-suffering Eastman Kodak as an example of a Zeppelin that couldn't keep pace with new technology. Google, meanwhile, is a Jet that upped the ante. But readers who want to learn from that savvy company would be better served by other studies than this brief sketch. Poscente dallies on the Aligned Organization and the notion that work is no longer a place—it's a state of mind, but the result is a string of business clichés. With almost every other page left blank, Poscente's kind enough not to demand too much of his readers' time. But the lack of substance ensures that they'll forget it even faster. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
TIME Magazine
"Thought provoking new book ...advocates coming to terms with --nay, savoring -- the `more-faster-now world'". --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
My Personal Comment:
A sample ebook of the previous release of The Age of Speed in 2007 book also can be found in his website. As time moved and new technologies introduced everyday made us have to adapt to many changes in our life & approach, this book is really a must for many organizations . I must say, every busy professionals & organizations that want to improve their staff productivity by redefining how to manage time at work, home and leisure time based on BALANCE of positive values will love this book.
Similar books that I had read before are Simpleology Book & Balancing Work & Life by DK. Be sure to check out the free Simpleology 101 Multimedia Course on Personal Productivity as well and find the bonus sample Simpleology ebook plus 3 excellent productivity software in the course.
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