"Mastering the Cube" skillfully lays out proven organization design principles. Comparing today's complex organizations to a Rubik's Cube, the authors explain how focusing improvement efforts on just one or two facets of the organization is akin to concentrating on just one side of the cube. Doing so is bound to affect-and more likely jumble-the other areas needed to generate a healthy and sustainable organization. They advocate stepping back and taking a systems-wide, comprehensive view of change and bringing all elements into alignment with strategy. They describe eight common beliefs and missteps that cause leaders to stumble, and they offer eight building blocks to effectively orchestrate complex organizational change. Written for both business leaders and their change partners in human resources, organization effectiveness, organization design, strategy, information technology, and process or continuous improvement (e.g., Lean Six Sigma), the book offers practical wisdom to help readers develop a shared perspective on organization design and achieve positive business results. It also outlines key principles and concepts for leading effective organization alignment-and moving your organization into a productive, rewarding future. Whether the transformation before you involves restructuring, consolidations, or mergers and acquisitions, this resource provides the guidance you'll need to become skilled in the important, real work of strategic organizational alignment. "This is a great step-by-step how-to manual on defining and changing the design of your company. If you're facing such challenges and have only time to read one thing, read this. It is omniscient, efficient and sufficient." --Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School "A must read for C-Suite execs interested in cutting the fat and preserving the muscle. Mastering the Cube: Overcoming Stumbling Blocks and Building an Organization that Works is a blueprint for smart, engaging cost reduction and efficiency no matter the circumstances." --Joe Nothwang, President, Rentals and Leasing, the Americas and Asia, Hertz Corporation "The 8 stumbling blocks are an excellent reminder of the all-too-often misguided approach and beliefs at play within businesses tackling organization transformation and change. Mastering the Cube offers thoughtful and practical wisdom and techniques for any leader who seeks to ensure that the organization design efforts they undertake are aligned with strategy and result in sustainable business impact." --Angela S. Lalor, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Danaher "This book doesn't sugar coat the tough choices with which organization leaders are confronted For those who have the courage to move forward, " Mastering the Cube "is a practical and valuable guide to aligning organization "choices" to strategy. I found the guidance equally applicable to all types of organizations: for-profit, government, and non-profit." --Ann R. Henry, Vice President, Global Operations, Cisco Capital Mastering the Cube "is a guide organization architects can use to maneuver through the critical steps to produce an organization that works. Nicely done." --Larry Costello, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer, Tyco International AlignOrg Solutions is an international consultancy serving enterprises of all sizes and types to clarify strategy, align organizational choices, build organization capabilities, manage and implement change, and develop alignment leadership. The firm offers a high-engagement approach, exceptional alignment tools, and hard-won expertise in leading organization transformation projects. They are respected worldwide for helping leaders and their change partners align the choices in their organizations with a differentiated strategy for future success.

Are you going cube-crazy? This easy to follow guide has everything you need to know about the Rubik's cube. From simple step-by-step instructions showing how to complete it, to how the cube was invented, plus lots of other cube challenges to test your skills - it's time to get cubing!

The Rubik's Cube is the world's best-known puzzle, a magical object that has baffled and fascinated the world for over fifty years. This clearly-illustrated step-by-step guide teaches you a foolproof beginners' method for solving the Cube, plus advanced techniques if you want to learn to solve it in seconds. An Official Guide to cracking the cube!

On January 30, 1975 Ernd Rubik j r., professor of architecture and design in Budapest, was granted the Hungarian patent number 170062 for a "terbeli logikai jatek"--A game of spatial logic. Between 1978 and March 1981 this object-Bt1vos Kocka in Hungary, der Magische Wiirfel or Zauberwiirfel in Germany, Ie Cube Hongrois in France and the Magic Cube or Rubik' s Cube in Great Britain and the USA-has sold more than ten million copies. And they were not merely sold! A highly contagious "twist mania" has been spreading throughout families, offices and waiting rooms. Many classrooms sound as if an army of mice were hard at work behind the desks. What is so fascinating about this cube, which competes with Hungar ian salami and the famous Tokajer wine in the currency-winning export market? For one thing, it is an amazing technical tool. How does it work? Moreover, the contrast between its innocent, innocuous appearance and the hidden difficulty of its solution offers a serious challenge to all puzzle fans, but especially to those mathematicians who are profeSSionally concerned with logical deduction

Sabes cómo resolver el Cubo de Rubik con los métodos básicos, pero ahora quieres más ... ¡Ahora quieres resolverlo RÁPIDO! Bienvenido al segundo libro de la serie de Zak Van Dijk "Resolución Rápida del Cubo de Rubik - Libro de Soluciones a Color: Resolviendo el Cubo de Rubik en un Tiempo Más Rápido para Niños y Principiantes ". Los métodos que se enseñan en este libro tratan de ahorrar valiosos segundos y de resolver con resolver con rapidez . Cada sección se dividirá en pasos instructivos con una abundancia de imágenes coloridas junto con las rotaciones correctas para que sea más fácil de entender y dominar. Aprenderás 1 de las mejores estrategias de Resolución Rápida para aprender como un principiante que busca resolver el Cubo de Rubik en un tiempo más rápido. Crea una gran base y, una vez entendido, te permite mejorar continuamente con tu intuición y volverte cada vez más rápido. En el libro anterior de la serie, " Libro de Solución del Cubo de Rubik para Niños y Principiantes: Aprende Cómo Resolver el Cubo de Rubik con Instrucciones Fáciles Paso a Paso e Imágenes " teníamos que dominar 5 secciones. En este libro, hay solo 4 secciones para dominar , por lo que ya hemos eliminado 1 sección que efectivamente nos permitirá resolver el Cubo de Rubik en un tiempo más rápido. Aprender y dominar la estrategia llevará mucho tiempo, dedicación y compromiso, pero una vez dominada, es increíblemente gratificante y puede ser una gran habilidad para impresionar a tus amigos y familiares. ¡Todo lo que necesitas está dentro! ¡Desplázate hacia arriba y haz clic en 'agregar al carrito' y te veré en el otro lado! Cada compra del libro de bolsillo también incluirá el ebook (versión electrónica del libro) completamente GRATIS.

Co-written by the cube's inventor, this book serves as a comprehensive guide to the Rubik's cube. It opens up a wealth of fascinating mathematics and offers a vast number of new ideas and possibilities to those who have solved the cube as well as to those who remain puzzled.