THE GRID: THE DECISION-MAKING TOOL FOR EVERY BUSINESS

Book ID/图书代码： 06495016B91950

English Summary/英文概要： When it comes to business, it’s all too easy to lose sight of the big picture. After all, who hasn’t met that manager who gets so obsessed with the product that they stop communicating with their team? Or who focusses so much on that month’s bottom line that they ignore the long-term strategy? Or who tweaks one seemingly insignificant aspect of company policy, without realising the shockwaves it will send through the rest of the business? Matt Watkinson knows that it doesn’t have to be that way. Organisations can only triumph when considered as an organic whole - and his unique system offers a refreshingly holistic approach. The Grid is a cluster of nine key factors which, considered together, increase your entire company’s success. It incorporates every element of business, and shows how they interact: from those crucial little things like holding on to talent, right through to correctly identifying the wants and needs of your customer. Throughout, Watkinson offers compelling, easy-to-follow tips on how you can apply his technique to your own company, however big or small.In business, everything is inter-connected. The Grid is a game-changing system that ensures that your whole organisation thrives - because when you’re running a company, it isn’t enough to focus only on the small things.

In The Grid international management consultant Matt Watkinson argues that time and time again companies go wrong because their tendency to focus on specific issues within the business mean that they lose sight of the company as a whole. They forget that everything is interconnected. And the results are invariably disastrous.

Whilst most business books address one component of the business (which is why they frequently contradict each other) , The Grid offers a simple, universal set of principles enabling decision makers to see their business as a whole and structure their strategic thinking around this holistic view. As applicable to a giant multinational as to a tiny start-up, and even to solo entrepreneurs, The Grid takes into account nine essential business perspectives, from revenues to rivalries to adaptability, and offers a rigorous process to test them against the risk of change to any perspective. I could try to describe the grid here, but to be honest Matt does a much better job in the attached proposal and there is a neat visual element to it that is not best served by words!

You will be able to tell that Matt has also worked as a designer – the Grid’s excellent design helps get his ideas across in a way that manages to embrace complexity while remaining simple and accessible.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当谈及商业时，我们很容易忽略纵观全局。

毕竟，谁没有遇到过那些追求产品，而不注重团队合作的经理呢？或是那些只关心月底冲线（销售业绩），而不关心长期战略合作，亦或是那些对公司各方面看似无关紧要的政策吹毛求疵，丝毫没有意识到眼下即将发生在其他业务范围的危机波的经理？

马特•沃特金森知道我们不必这样。当团队视为一个有机整体，组织不仅能战绩傲人，而且他独特的系统提供了一套令人耳目一新的整体方法。（系统模式）网格包含了一套系列关键九个因素，将这些因素整合在一起，将增加你整个企业的成功几率。它包括了业务的每个元素，并显示了这些元素是如何交替互相作用的：从那些如留住人才这些关键性的小事，通过正确地认识到客户的需求。自始自终，沃特金森提供了一套令人信服的，易于操作的方法，为你如何运用这些技巧，在你的天地之间游刃有余。

在商海中，一切都是相互联系的。当你正在管理一家企业时，网格是一种可以确保你的整个组织茁壮成长的颠覆性系统，因为它不仅仅这个系统完美地做到了事无巨细。(Sandy)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Matt’s first book was The Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences, which was the overall winner of the CMI’s Management Book of the Year 2014. He is a customer experience consultant who works with big brands the world over (he’s based between London and LA).

Matt is due to deliver the full manuscript towards the end of this summer. We will publish The Grid in March 2017, as a ￡16.99 hardcover on the Random House Business list.

Format:HARDCOVER

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