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strategy, but we also focus on execution. We talk about
organizational design, and also refect on leadership practices. Our
assumption is that in a dynamic world, leaders at all levels, have
to constantly switch gears, wear different hats, and na- gate at
different altitudes. They have to think about the "total"
enterprise, not in terms of compartmentalized silos or felds of
functional expertise. Much like a g- eral contractor, they have to
draw on specialized expertise, as and when needed, yet keep the big
picture in mind. Our hope is that our diagnostic tools can help
teams develop a shared frame of reference and generate
cross-functional dialogue. The third driving force behind this
second edition is the gradual convergence between the worlds of
entrepreneurial start-ups and challenges facing established
corporations. Innovation, agility, and initiative are no longer the
exclusive preserve of start-ups. Established companies are looking
for ways to re-invent themselves, to innovate, to think creatively,
and to make their enterprises more fexible, agile and
entrepreneurial. We have had the good fortune to sit at the
intersection of these two worlds. We hope our ideas can beneft both
groups. We set out to provide a "buffet table," a menu of options
that can be helpful for the two ends of the spectrum.
Surveying for the first time the Century Guild of Artists and its
influential periodical, the Century Guild Hobby Horse, this
original publication asserts the significance of the Guild in the
development of the Arts and Crafts movement and its modernist
successors. The founders of the Century Guild - architect Arthur
Heygate Mackmurdo and his 18-year-old assistant Herbert Percy Horne
(afterwards joined by the artist and poet Selwyn Image) - were
driven by the ambition to answer John Ruskin's radical call to
regenerate art and society. Motivated by the concept of 'the Unity
of Art', the Guild embraced a spectrum of arts which included
architecture, painting, sculpture, metalwork, textiles and stained
glass. It also reached out to music and literature, aiming to
educate its public in practical form. Skilfully weaving chronology
with the impressive artistic achievements of the collective, the
authors also draw out the lively personalities of each of the
protagonists and their wider circle. For anyone fascinated by the
Arts and Crafts movement, this is essential reading.
"The Caves of Alienation" is a story of unfolding revelation about
the difficult, fascinating character of Caradock. His family made
their fortune from the industry of Wales, but his cosseted
childhood in the Welsh valleys only fueled his desire to leave, and
his efforts to escape are explored through the multi-voiced
narrative. Then there are his crucial first encounters with sex,
his literary success in London and his final withdrawal to Wales.
But it is the riveting manner of the telling which gives "The Caves
of Alienation" its virtuosity. It is told from a variety of
viewpoints, some conflicting, all interrelated. Friends and
enemies, literary rivals, lovers, critics, the 'official
biography', even television and radio documentaries jostle each
other in the narrative with their own (sometimes feigning)
fragments of truth. Caradock's own novels and essays play a vital
part in the story. All this makes for an exhilarating,
kaleidoscopic read, funny and profound by turns, yet never
flinching in its portrayal of Caradock and his deepest
preoccupations. The phrase tour de force is a tired one, but it has
seldom been more justified than in the case of this exceptional
novel.
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