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Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of eight books and the winner of a Pew Fellowships in the Arts grant as well as the 2005 Speakeasy Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Salon.com. She is a partner in Fusion Communications.
William Sulit is an award-winning illustrator and a partern in Fusion Communications.
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. A business fable in the tradition of Who Moved My Cheese?, but more closely akin to Alice in Wonderland, this work from pharmaceuticals CEO Emmens and poet-novelist-journalist Kephart (Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River) concerns a topsy-turvy organization which should prove oddly familiar for anyone who's worked in a corporate environment. Our heroine, Moira, is a newcomer to the once-respected Zenobia company, now in physical and psychological disrepair. Without signs or helpers, Moira must navigate the bizarre office layout ("countless drab-green cubicles, like so many Brussels sprouts attached to a stalk"), overcome the entrenched mindset ("We excel at the familiar") and find the elusive Room 133A, where she's been summoned to help the flagging enterprise. Emphasizing the power of imagination, innovation, people and possibility, Emmens and Kephart's tale of against-the-system heroism illustrates well the intangible human resources that business-as-usual can squelch. Though it may initially strike serious-minded readers silly, this tale makes an enchanting and worthwhile trip into the rabbit hole of nonsensical corporate culture, drawing out plenty of X-ray insight into the modern workplace. Whimsical line drawings from Sulit complete what could be the most enjoyable, readable business book in recent memory.
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From the Back Cover
Imagine
Written by the CEO of a 14 billion dollar pharmaceutical company and an award-winning author and poet, this extraordinary business fable reminds us that imagination is one of the most powerful, and most overlooked, elements of business success. Moira, an enterprising young job aspirant, wends her way through a strange, sclerotic bureaucracy, never discouraged by what is, remaining tenaciously true to her vision of what could be. In the process she inspires those she meets to help in her quest to revitalize the once-mighty but now moribund Zenobia corporation.
"What leads an organization to greatness is often very different from what enables it to continue to grow and develop. Zenobia shows us the essence of what it takes for a company to change. It tells a story that matters for leaders at all levels."
--Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There
"Zenobia illustrates what real change leaders do -- scale walls, inspire new conversations, find ways to have influence out of all proportion to their authority. It is a very human fable about a very important subject."
--Jon Katzenbach, Founder and Senior Partner, Katzenbach Partners and author of Real Change Leaders and The Wisdom of Teams
"Moira's winding, challenging trip through Zenobia's halls and floors represents an amazing adventure. Her climb to the elusive Room 133A was achieved with courage, creativity, grit and willingness to take risks - the very traits that Matt has demonstrated as the incredibly successful leader of Atra Merck, EMD and Shire."
-- Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
"There's nothing like a good story to inspire, teach, fire up imagination, and stir your spirit. Zenobia is a fine story that does all this and more. It's rather like Alice in Wonderland meets The One Minute Manager -- full of surprise and delight!"
--BJ Gallagher, coauthor of A Peacock in the Land of Penguins and YES Lives in the Land of NO
