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Synopsis
In an era when change is constant,random,and as Charles Handy calls it,discontinuous,it is necessary to break out of old ways of thinking in order to use change to our advantage. We are entering the Age of Unreason,when the only prediction that will hold true is that no prediction will hold true. It is time for bold imaginings,for thinking the unlikely,and doing the unreasonable. In this fascinating book,Handy shows how dramatic changes are transforming business,education,and the nature of work. We can see them in astounding new developments in technology,in the shift in demand from manual to cerebral skills,and in the virtual disappearance of lifelong,full-time jobs. Handy maintains that discontinuous change requires discontinuous,upside-down thinking. We need new kinds of organizations,new approaches to work,new types of schools,and new ideas about the nature of our society.