Business Reimagined: Why work isn't working and what you can do about it by Dave

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Are you happy with the way you work? Are you engaged, energised in the office? Or do you sometimes feel that your days are dominated by process and technology? This title deals with these questions.

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Are you happy with the way you work? Are you engaged, energised in the office? Or do you sometimes feel that your days are dominated by process and technology? Reimagining business is about waking up to a new environment, based on collaborative and flexible working, on technology that, used correctly, liberates rather than constrains. The future of work must be based on being open, on focusing on results, not process and on empowerment, not hierarchy. Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft UK, has been immersed in the technologies that are making waves in the workplace. This is his call to reimagine business.

Author Biography

Dave Coplin is the Chief Envisioning Officer for Bing and Microsofts UK Advertising and Online business and a leading thought leader in the UK. He has worked across a wide range of sectors and customers, providing strategic advice, leadership and guidance around the impact of technology on a modern society both at work and in play.Dave is passionate about turning the base metal of technology into valuable assets that effect the way that we live, learn, work and play and in so doing, move the focus from the technology itself to the actual outcome. Dave has contributed to a range of media articles, conferences and forums all relating to the goal of making technology less visible and more valuable in our daily lives.

Table of Contents

About the Author Foreword by Ben Hammersley 1. Is Business Broken? Working like a Victorian The antelope of the open office Captain Kirk's inbox Experience vs. innovation The problem of productivity Creative businesses are the future How creativity works 2. Getting Flexible The man with no office True flexible working Smarter, better collaboration Inflexible about flexibility Bums on seats Being strategic 3. Being Social Social wizardry What is a social enterprise? An almost elemental force Flattened and frictionless What social means for your business A quicker way of moving Social stumbles An unstoppable wave Virtual coffee Everything together Just the way things are 4. Managing to Change Revolution in a slide show The death of hierarchy The end of efficiency Management reimagined Creative management culture Educating self-direction Engaging everyone 5. Reimagining Business Beautiful but useless The death of desks Organisms rather than organisations The knowledge of every job The potential of the future Being brave Talking to your appliances Acknowledgements

Review

Contains plenty of practical assistance alongside the hopes for a better future * Roger Trapp, Forbes *Dave Coplin's little book is big on ideas. Take time out for a bit of advice from a self-confessed geek on stepping back, rethinking how you work and trying to look forward to a future of working smarter, not harder. * Aline Keuroghlian, head of marketing, Mr & Mrs Smith *One of Marketing Magazine's "best books to find in your Christmas stocking: 5 not-to-be-missed business reads for marketers" * Marketing Magazine *For me, this was something of a revelation. I would describe this author as an accidental guru, and as a business book, it has heaps to offer. * Business Money magazine *A refreshing approach to the future of collaboration and how technology should liberate rather than constrain. Coplin's ideas for reforms to the workplace are incredibly appealing, offering to bring the way in which we work in line with the technological advances of the 21st century. * Sam Spencer, IDG Connect *Business Reimagined is a book about business and technology thatâ??s worth reading. It's an engaging, compact tome that could inspire business leaders to change the way they do things. Ignore its advice at your peril. * PC Pro *A diatribe, polemic, samizdat: a hand-grenade lobbed in the general direction of Work 1.0 * Martin Veitch, IDG Connect *If you have ever wished that you could transform your approach to work and your working environment, you will be inspired by Dave Coplin and his vision for #bizreimagined. * Graham Bell, Networked Learning Director, Centre for Customised Executive Development, Cranfield School of Management *Adapting how and when we work to meet the needs of a connected, always online society is one of the most important challenges faced by business. In Business Reimagined, Dave Coplin offers a blueprint for working better together. * Matthew Yeomans, Author and Consultant *This is a real insight into the changes that are taking place in how and where people are working - and what needs to change in the future. The challenge to work smarter impacts everyone - from some of the world's largest corporates to the ever growing network of small and new businesses. Working is becoming more mobile and more social, thanks to the technology we now have available and the changing nature of what we are doing. Changes are happening in all areas of work: where and when you work, who you sit with, how you choose to collaborate and connect, store and share data. This book gives a fascinating insight into that world. * James Friedenthal, MD Club Workspace *

Long Description

The world of work is in a state of flux and there's a lot of uncertainty at the moment. But if you believe the people that proclaim to be making the future, the way we work and the places that we do it in are due for an enormous amount of disruption. At this time of great change we need to look at the way that we work now, in the 21st century ' not in the 'Hey everybody, let's Skype in from the beach' way, but to examine the history of how we got here, the current trends and what is going to work in the future. We need to examine the way that modern technologies have affected our lives, the way that we work and examine whether or not the way that we deal with those technologies, the way that we use them, the way that we handle them on a daily basis actually fits our expectations for our day-to-day existence. In short we need to look at how we're being asked to work by the world at large and whether our existing systems might actually be stopping us, and might even be harming us in some way. We need to stop and decide what the future of work should look like; we need to reimagine business.

Review Quote

"Contains plenty of practical assistance alongside the hopes for a better future" --Roger Trapp, Forbes "Dave Coplin's little book is big on ideas. Take time out for a bit of advice from a self-confessed geek on stepping back, rethinking how you work and trying to look forward to a future of working smarter, not harder." --Aline Keuroghlian, head of marketing, Mr & Mrs Smith "One of Marketing Magazine's "best books to find in your Christmas stocking: 5 not-to-be-missed business reads for marketers"" -- "For me, this was something of a revelation. I would describe this author as an accidental guru, and as a business book, it has heaps to offer." --Business Money magazine "A refreshing approach to the future of collaboration and how technology should liberate rather than constrain. Coplin's ideas for reforms to the workplace are incredibly appealing, offering to bring the way in which we work in line with the technological advances of the 21st century." --Sam Spencer, IDG Connect "Business Reimagined is a book about business and technology that'??s worth reading. It's an engaging, compact tome that could inspire business leaders to change the way they do things. Ignore its advice at your peril." --PC Pro "A diatribe, polemic, samizdat: a hand-grenade lobbed in the general direction of Work 1.0" --Martin Veitch, IDG Connect "If you have ever wished that you could transform your approach to work and your working environment, you will be inspired by Dave Coplin and his vision for #bizreimagined." --Graham Bell, Networked Learning Director, Centre for Customised Executive Development, Cranfield School of Management "Adapting how and when we work to meet the needs of a connected, always online society is one of the most important challenges faced by business. In Business Reimagined, Dave Coplin offers a blueprint for working better together." --Matthew Yeomans, Author and Consultant "This is a real insight into the changes that are taking place in how and where people are working - and what needs to change in the future. The challenge to work smarter impacts everyone - from some of the world's largest corporates to the ever growing network of small and new businesses. Working is becoming more mobile and more social, thanks to the technology we now have available and the changing nature of what we are doing. Changes are happening in all areas of work: where and when you work, who you sit with, how you choose to collaborate and connect, store and share data. This book gives a fascinating insight into that world." --James Friedenthal, MD Club Workspace

Details ISBN0857193317 Author Dave Coplin Short Title BUSINESS REIMAGINED Language English ISBN-10 0857193317 ISBN-13 9780857193315 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Imprint Harriman House Publishing Place of Publication Petersfield Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle Why work isn't working and what you can do about it AU Release Date 2013-06-07 NZ Release Date 2013-06-07 UK Release Date 2013-06-07 Pages 112 Publisher Harriman House Publishing Publication Date 2013-06-07 DEWEY 651.3 Illustrations black & white illustrations Audience General Audience Age 18 Translated from English We've got this

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