{"product_id":"the-workmanship-of-leaders-systems-frameworks-and-information-processing-paperback","title":"The Workmanship of Leaders: Systems, Frameworks, and Information Processing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Tendon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eBob Emiliani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeaders are never thought of as tradespeople. Yet their work - processing information to make consequential decisions - is a craft, and like any craft it can be done with workmanship or without.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Workmanship of Leaders\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a bracing answer: leaders operate inside a self-preserving \"negentropic system\" that absorbs and neutralizes virtually every attempt to change it. Drawing on systems thinking, the Cynefin framework, and decades of research, the author reframes leadership as a craft - an information-processing trade demanding a kind of workmanship and workmanlike diligence that is rarely cultivated at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis provocative book introduces original concepts that explain countless failed transformations: the cascading systems of preconceptions, the distinction between preconception intelligence and fact-based intelligence, and why individually framed solutions can never resolve system problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is essential reading for executives, consultants, and anyone who has wondered why leadership everywhere is far more similar than different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314614472941,"sku":"9781732019171","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/kFq8g76bVq9781732019171.webp?v=1784664396","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-workmanship-of-leaders-systems-frameworks-and-information-processing-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}