Gordon MacKenzie (1) (–1999)
Auteur van Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
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- Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA
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A management text with a title like this simply demands to be read. Even more so when it is described by Stanford University professors as the best book on corporate creativity ever.
Gordon Mackenzie was a long-term employee at Hallmark, serving in a variety of functions in the creative arms of that company. in Mackenzie's world, the Giant Hairball is the agglomeration of rules, policies and procedures that even the most creative organisations devolve into, stifling the creative potential of their employees. Mackenzie's solution is to go into orbit around the Hairball, by operating outside the rules and processes, while still respecting the "gravity" of the organisation's aims. In this way, employees can free up their creative juices and make a bigger contribution.
This actually takes some doing, as people are heavily conditioned to do the opposite. Mackenzie offers a series of little anecdotes giving examples of how he managed to operate outside Hallmark's stifling norms, whilst still being a valuable employee. Along the way he makes some very good points about our creative urges, how they work, and how easily they can be undermined.
The book is cleverly presented, with loads of little scribbles and drawings that add to the fun. Highly recommended.… (meer)