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Orbiting the Giant Hairball : A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie (1998, Hardcover)
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This hardcover book, titled "Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace," is a must-read for anyone interested in motivation, management, and creativity. Written by Gordon Mackenzie and published by Penguin Publishing Group in 1998, this nonfiction book is full of valuable insights on how to succeed in the corporate world. With 224 pages, this book covers a wide range of topics, from the importance of humor and creativity to the dangers of bureaucracy and political maneuvering. The book is in English, the original language, and has an item length of 7.2 inches, a height of 0.7 inches, and a width of 5.2 inches. It also has an item weight of 11.1 ounces. This book is not personalized, inscribed, or vintage, and does not have an ex libris.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670879835
ISBN-139780670879830
eBay Product ID (ePID)587663
Product Key Features
Book TitleOrbiting the Giant Hairball : a Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMotivational, Management, Creativity
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreSelf-Help, Business & Economics
AuthorGordon Mackenzie
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length7.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-052991
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal650.1
Grade ToUP
SynopsisCreativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Gordon McKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years, many of which he spent inspiring his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit--to a mode of dreaming, daring and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares the story of his own professional evolution, together with lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius. Originally self-published and already a business "cult classic", this personally empowering and entertaining look at the intersection between human creativity and the bottom line is now widely available to bookstores. It will be a must-read for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees, and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work., Creativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Gordon McKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years, many of which he spent inspiring his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit--to a mode of dreaming, daring and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares the story of his own professional evolution, together with lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius. Originally self-published and already a business "cult classic," this personally empowering and entertaining look at the intersection between human creativity and the bottom line is now widely available to bookstores. It will be a must-read for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees, and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work.
LC Classification NumberN6537.M3136A2 1998
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- Aug 20, 2022
In essence it addresses the false corporate mindset , individualism and the need for for work life balance plus promoting creativity.
I have recently retired ... from about 40 years in the high tech corporate world and have only read the first 6 or so chapters ... the ideas ring true and the delivery has me giggling. The main thought is ... what difference did it make working all the extra hours and on weekends which has to do with the "hairball" philosophy ... only to be told at the end of the day that "what we did was not valued" ....
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 09, 2024
Great book
Great book. Witty, insightful, thought provoking, and on target.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jan 13, 2019
Inspiring & Well-Written
Great stories, drawings, and message. Every corporate manager should read. A page-turner hard to put down, reads very easily. Masterful.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Aug 06, 2019
Great book
This is a very good book. The shipping was really slow for a book, but the price was right.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 29, 2025
Worth reading
Very insightful and well doneVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Apr 15, 2016
Excellent
All as expectedVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
