
The Hive Mind at Work
Harnessing the Power of Group Intelligence to Create Meaningful and Lasting Change
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Narrated by:
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Siobhan McHale
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By:
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Siobhan McHale
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Learn a new model for understanding how organizations really operate and implement changes that get real results.
With so many forces of change buffeting the business world today, a scary state of flux has replaced any sense of certainty, stability, and familiarity, delivering a wake-up call to make crucial changes happen, make them happen quickly, and make them stick. Traditional approaches to change management fall into one of two categories: Organizations function like machines, where managers pull change levers to “fix” problems with an engineer’s mindset (IQ). Or People form social networks wherein individual “influencers” make change happen by developing effective interpersonal relationships (EQ). Neither of these models offer a full picture to what really happens in an organization.
In this groundbreaking new book, change expert Siobhan McHale offers a third option: organizations are complex ecosystems that require a Hive Mind or Group Intelligence (GQ) to bring about meaningful and lasting change. We can learn a lot of lessons from how bees operate:
- Hard work: An individual bee spends its entire 40-day life span gathering food for the hive.
- Teamwork: Inside each teeming beehive an entire community works collectively to achieve shared goals.
- Role clarity: Every bee has a specific job, with the queen, drones, and worker bees faithfully playing their part.
- Resilience: Bees can overcome daunting challenges, including all the parasites, pathogens, pesticides, and climate fluctuations from Maine to Miami and beyond.
See how a hive mindset solves many of the common problems all businesses struggle with today!
Charts, illustrations, and graphics can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2024 Siobhan McHale (P)2024 The Hive Mind at WorkEssential listening
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Until now, we've all felt some invisible forces are at play that lead to these poor results. Well, not anymore... Siobhán has given them names and shares great wisdom in navigating these in The Hive Mind at Work. The laws and patterns in the book are great for understanding and explaining behaviours. They are an excellent resource for describing things we are all too familiar with in our workplaces. Thank you for such a clear and great set of resources.
The book's four-step process (The Hive LENS) is excellent at navigating these challenges and tapping into collective intelligence (Hive Mind - Group Intelligence or GQ). When an engineer’s mindset (IQ) and interpersonal relationships (EQ) are not enough to maintain momentum, the book guides you on how to tap into Group Intelligence (GQ).
A must have book for every change leader
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Great resource
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