Professional development is failing across our industries. The hard news is, it’s your fault, too.

You can turn your bad boss into a great lesson. Here are four ways to learn from their examples.

What has already changed and what tools are available for you as a change manager to start using today?

Thousands of private equity-backed companies have chosen NetSuite. What often goes unmentioned is that each of these companies insists that change management be part of their implementations. 

When presented with danger or a stressful situation we experience what has been called the Fight or Flight Response, but it now includes has now been expanded to include Freeze.

When NetSuite launched its SuiteSuccess program, with the tagline “Zero to Cloud in 100 Days”, it presented a great opportunity for innovation in how they delivered value to their customers.

Alice laughed. 'One can't believe impossible things.'

'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen... 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'

~Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking-Glass

Could there be a knife that never dulls? A gun with no moving parts? A broken clock that tells time?

Here, Dr. Michael Laufer and John Nolan reply, "Of course!" Through these conundrums, they show how to unleash the creative energies of the brain to solve even the knottiest enigmas. For instance, one could:

• Reinterpret the problem.

• Change the rules.

• Change the solution.

Whether it's showering without water, driving a car without an engine, or using a computer without electricity, these are high-level challenges for breakout thinking. With this book, you'll stretch your minds and be primed to solve the next "impossible" problem before lunchtime.