Adriaan writes in the introduction of this book:
The last twelve years I did research on the issue of leadership, sense making and community development as they show themselves in the organized life. This research was motivated by the personal observation, that I have not encountered and found in the field of leadership, sense making and community development over the past forty years, innovative thoughts and practices in organizations that give us a really different, newer and fresher dynamism of organizing and leadership. Moreover, I have noted that as a paradox to this the issues of leadership – sense making – community development got more body and impact in our ever more complex organized life. That is because of the significant developments in technology, communications, systems, controls, specialisation, coordination mechanisms, financial management, IT expertise and what else there is. We even as a family are now an organized community at home. We see also the many family companies that have become anonymous functional systems. Nobody can escape anymore these issues of leadership, sense making and community development.
What is a consequence of this fundamental change in our lives for the way organizations work and the leadership is acting in them?
2018, Alert Verlag | ISBN 9783941136519