In this engaging, insightful, and inspiring narrative, Hermann
Simon, the world-renowned management thinker, consultant, pricing
expert, entrepreneur, and leading authority on the "hidden
champions" business model, highlights the influences on his
remarkable journey from humble origins on a German farm to advising
and sharing the stage with global leaders in industry, academia,
and politics. Born in 1947 in the rural Eifel region of Western
Germany, Simon's coming of age parallels that of a country
struggling to come to terms with the legacy of World War II and
reinvent itself as a new world power. His colorful anecdotes of a
youth spent in an agricultural community that in many ways operated
as it had since the Middle Ages, reflect the establishment of core
values, such as trust, focus, quality, and commitment that served
as an anchor against the accelerating pace of technological,
economic, political, social, and cultural change in the subsequent
decades. Simon takes readers on a journey through time and space,
as his-and our-world transformed from isolated to connected, local
to global, revealing lessons learned from the extraordinary people
(from Peter Drucker to Henry Kissinger) and places he has
encountered along the way, through a career that has evolved from
research and education to management consulting to leadership and
strategy development on a broad scale. His particular interest in
the Mittelstand, or "hidden champions," the small and medium-sized
companies that exemplify the German business philosophy and served
as the engine of its economic revival, becomes a powerful metaphor
of his own experiences in blazing new trails while staying true to
one's roots. For anyone familiar with Simon's work and
contributions, Many Worlds, One Life reveals unique insights into
the man himself and the origins of his ideas on successful
leadership and business strategy. But more generally, readers in
any field or discipline will recognize how their own stories
reflect their ties to the past, their accomplishments in an
increasingly complex environment, and, ultimately, their roads to
the stars.
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