Getting to Maybe
how the world is changed
$46.74
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2007
Summary
Getting to Maybe: A Guide to Social Innovation
A practical, inspirational, revolutionary guide to social innovation
Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help feed the world’s hungry, fix the damage of a Hurricane Katrina or even get a healthy lunch program up and running in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679314448 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 067931444X |
| Author: | Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman, Michael Patton |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 335g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 178mm x 18mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Getting to Maybe addresses making big, significant change actually happen. It is thoughtful, insightful, sobering and inspirational. The ideas articulated are new and practical. Anyone from the business, government or not-for-profit world who wants to understand change better, and change the way things are, should read this book.” —Courtney Pratt, chairman of Stelco
About The Author
Frances Westley
Frances Westley has published widely in the areas of strategic change and visionary leadership, and led the Dupont Canada—fostered think-tank on social innovation, based at McGill University’s Desautel Faculty of Management, where many of the ideas for this book were developed.
Brenda Zimmerman was a professor at the Schulich School of Business at York University. She studied and wrote about how complexity theory applies to organizations for over twenty years.
Michael Quinn Patton is an independent organizational development consultant and has written five major books on the art and science of program evaluation.
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