Blindsided: How to spot the next breakthrough that will change your business forever

Solve problems before they happen. The speed of change is accelerating. It took radio twenty years to attract ten million users; it took television half that time, Netscape only twenty-eight months, Hotmail eighteen and Napster twelve. New technology, mergers, competition coming out of left field: all these factors mean the business landscape is more chaotic, confusing, and complex than ever before. Blindsided! presents a series of breakthrough techniques to help business leaders identify trends earlier and more accurately predict their impact. Drawing upon his extensive experience consulting the world''s top corporations, global change guru Jim Harris demonstrates how to build consensus faster within organizations when the tumult of the market threatens to throw plans off course. Every executive dreads being blindsided; with this tool, leaders will learn to stay one step ahead of the game. <P> Jim Harris (Vancouver, Canada) is the Principal of Strategic Advantage, a management consulting firm whose clients include General Motors, Arthur Andersen, Deloitte & Touche, and Sybase. He is the author of The Learning Paradox (Capstone: 1-84112-189-4), and he speaks internationally at over seventy conferences a year.

Critical Acclaim for Jim''s previous book, <I>The Learning Paradox</I> <P>I highly recommend you read the book - it had the same impact on me that Alvin Toffler''s Future Shock did in 1971. <BR>Larry Wilson, Founder of Wilson Learning & Pecos River Learning, Coauthor <I>The One Minute Sales Person</I> and <I>Stop Selling Start Partnering</I> <P>"<I>The Learning Paradox</I> is a rich, in depth exploration of the major issues facing today''s organizations. But it''s more than that - it''s filled with stories and examples that evoke curiosity, laughter, and true learning. Long after I put the book down, I found myself thinking about many of the lessons Jim Harris describes so well." <BR>Margaret J. Wheatley, author <I>Leadership and the New Science</I> <P>"I<I>n The Learning Paradox</I>, Harris offers a strikingly insightful and coherent organizational learning strategy for businesses in this rapidly changing world. <BR>Hunter & Amory Lovins, coauthors <I>Natural Capitalism</I>, Founders Rocky Mountain Institute <P>"<I>The Learning Paradox</I> because it communicates so very clearly the key issues we face and the solutions we need for survival. It''s priceless. <BR>Lou Pritchett, retired Vice-President, Sales, Procter & Gamble <P>"Every day the future keeps coming at us whether we like it or not. <I>The Learning Paradox</I> provides individuals and organizations with keys to unlocking the right attitude and the mechanism for developing the necessary skills to go out and meet the future with confidence. <BR>Kenneth Clarke, Chairman, Royal LePage

<B>JIM HARRIS</B> is the principal of Strategic Advantage, a management consulting firm specializing in strategic planning and leadership development. His clients include Barclays Bank, Columbia Tristar Pictures, Delotte & Touche, General Motors, IEEE, Johnson & Johnson, Munich RE, Nortel Networks, Novartis, Sun Microsystems, the UK Cabinet Office and Zurich. His second book, <I>The Learning Paradox</I>, was nominated for the National Business Book Award in Canada, and has been published in 80 countries worldwide. There are now over 40,000 copies in print. Mr. Harris speaks internationally at over 50 conferences and seminar a year. Find out more at www.jimharris.com