Get out of your mind
Subtitle: lessons on embracing difference from South Africa and beyond
By: Luyanda Mpahlwa, Klaus Doppler
Contributors: Doppler, Klaus, 1939-
Publisher: Tafelberg
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780624090762; 9780624091479
Subjects: Industrial management; Diversity in the workplace
Description: "This dynamic change management offering from a Robben Island freedom fighter-turned Berlin architect and a pioneering global change management expert is a how-to-guide for South African business and organisational leaders on how to manage diverse people in ways most beneficial for aims, that move both organisations and the country forward. Luyanda and Klaus combine decades of professional knowledge and experience as individuals and as a team to provide critical insight into a changing world."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-206).
Table of contents: title: What motivates us (1): Luyanda Mpahlwa; title: What motivates us (2): Klaus Doppler; title: What motivates us: a dialogue; title: Part 1. Change and otherness: a guideline. New world, new context, new challenges; title: The increasing diversity of 'otherness': a threatening enrichment; title: 'That's logical!': the fight for the prerogative of interpretation; title: Self and the others: stereotypes and conflicting perspectives; title: We: unpacking a complex concept; title: Building a relationship: a bridge with three pillars; title: Controlled dialogue: a challenging exercise; title: A common external enemy: emotional superglue; title: (Guiding) culture: a common foundation for otherness?; title: From willingness to action: triggers and incentives; title: Part 2. Practical examples and current fields of action. The Coronavirus: a recent case study and what we could learn from it; title: The Delancey Street project; title: The west-eastern Divan Orchestra Project; title: Ubuntu: an African philosophy of life; title: The truth and reconciliation commission: a sustainable model?; title: Architecture: design for social change; title: Part 3. The future is now. Digitalisation and our emotions; title: How we can protect ourselves in the diversity of otherness; title: An appeal.