{"id":485,"date":"2009-12-22T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=485"},"modified":"2012-10-23T14:55:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:55:25","slug":"leading-the-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/leading-the-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading the Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1591391466?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=achieinc&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1591391466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-504\" title=\"Leading the Revolution\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/leading-the-revolution.jpg\" alt=\"Leading the Revolution\" width=\"109\" height=\"160\" \/>Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=achieinc&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1591391466\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nby Gary Hamel<\/p>\n<p>What you will probably notice immediately upon picking up this book is the glossy, heavy-weight paper, the stunning colorful photos, and the vivid, attractive diagrams and charts. Once into the content, you&#8217;ll note a similarity to Tom Peters&#8217; commentary on the necessity of revolution, rebellion, and change. If you enjoyed Hamel&#8217;s first book, <em>Competing for the Future<\/em>, and Tom Peters&#8217; approach to revolution, you&#8217;ll appreciate the author&#8217;s no-holds-barred assessment of the issues facing companies all around the world as they struggle to catch up with the new economy.<\/p>\n<p>Based on an extensive study of revolutionaries, this book is packed with insight and practical advice. <em>Leading the Revolution<\/em> shows you how to:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get off the treadmill of incrementalism<\/li>\n<li>Harness the imagination and passion of every employee<\/li>\n<li>Save your company from becoming a &#8220;one-vision wonder&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Create vibrant internal markets for ideas, capital, and talent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drawing on the examples of activists who profoundly changed their companies, the author outlines the practical steps anyone can take to lead a successful revolution in their own organization.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This book review was originally published in\u00a02001 as one of the Top 10 Books &#8211; Edition 6.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life by Gary Hamel What you will probably notice immediately upon picking up this book is the glossy, heavy-weight paper, the stunning colorful photos, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/leading-the-revolution\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-change-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leading the Revolution - Book Reviews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This book review is on Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life by Gary Hamel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/leading-the-revolution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leading the Revolution - Book Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This book review is on Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life by Gary Hamel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/leading-the-revolution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Book Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Harry-Kenneth-Jones\/100001507395947\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-22T21:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-10-23T18:55:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/leading-the-revolution.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harry K. 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