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Business Reimagined: Why work isn't working and what you can do about it Kindle Edition

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Are you happy with the way you work? Are you engaged, energised in the office? Or do you sometimes feel that your days are dominated by process and technology?
Reimagining business is about waking up to a new environment, based on collaborative and flexible working, on technology that, used correctly, liberates rather than constrains. The future of work must be based on being open, on focusing on results, not process and on empowerment, not hierarchy.
Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft UK, has been immersed in the technologies that are making waves in the workplace. This is his call to reimagine business.
#bizreimagined

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"If you have ever wished that you could transform your approach to work and your working environment, you will be inspired by Dave Coplin and his vision for #bizreimagined."
- Graham Bell, Networked Learning Director, Centre for Customised Executive Development, Cranfield School of Management
"Adapting how and when we work to meet the needs of a connected, always online society is one of the most important challenges faced by business. In Business Reimagined, Dave Coplin offers a blueprint for working better together." --Matthew Yeomans, Author and Consultant

"This is a real insight into the changes that are taking place in how and where people are working and what needs to change in the future. The challenge to work smarter impacts everyone from some of the world s largest corporates to the ever growing network of small and new businesses. Working is becoming more mobile and more social, thanks to the technology we now have available and the changing nature of what we are doing. Changes are happening in all areas of work: where and when you work, who you sit with, how you choose to collaborate and connect, store and share data. This book gives a fascinating insight into that world."
- --James Friedenthal, MD Club Workspace

"A diatribe, polemic, samizdat: a hand-grenade lobbed in the general direction of Work 1.0"
Martin Veitch, IDG Connect
"to the future of collaboration and how technology should liberate rather than constrain. Coplin's ideas for reforms to the workplace are incredibly appealing, offering to bring the way in which we work in line with the technological advances of the 21st century."
- Sam Spencer, IDG Connect
"Business Reimagined is a book about business and technology that s worth reading. It's an engaging, compact tome that could inspire business leaders to change the way they do things. Ignore its advice at your peril." --PC Pro

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Dave Coplin is the Chief Envisioning Officer for Microsoft UK and an established thought leader in the UK. He has worked across a wide range of sectors and customers, providing strategic advice, leadership and guidance around the impact of technology on a modern society both at work and in play. Dave is passionate about turning the base metal of technology into valuable assets that effect the way that we live, learn, work and play and in so doing, move the focus from the technology itself to the actual outcome. Dave has contributed to a range of media articles, conferences and forums all relating to the goal of making technology less "visible" and more valuable in our daily lives.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harriman House; 1st edition (7 Jun. 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Dave Coplin is an established thought leader on the role of technology in our personal and professional lives. He has worked across a wide range of industries and customers, providing strategic advice and guidance around the intersection of a modern society and technology both inside and outside of the world of work. Dave is passionate about turning the base metal of technology into valuable assets that affect the way we live work and play and in so doing, move the focus from the technology itself to the outcome it enables.

His first book: “Business Reimagined”, provided a view of a new working environment based on collaborative and flexible working. His latest book, “The Rise of the Humans” provides a further call to action, for both individuals and organisations to harness not hate the digital deluge, to rise up and take back control of the potential that technology offers our society.

Dave can be found on Twitter – @dcoplin and at his online home, www.theenvisioners.com

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Pilar

We need more books like this one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2013

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'With everything they do in full view of everyone else, the employees in the middle of the office give up on creativity and settle for "productivity".'

It's time that we look at whether we really want to be working in the way we're working, that's the main idea in this book. And yet it's going to be hard, very hard, just to start thinking about how or why we should do this. That's where this book starts, looking at how the traditional workplace has evolved and how a handful of organisations and individuals are beginning to challenge it and find better ways of working (and by "better" I mean ways to make their business more successful and their people happier).

The book is indeed a manifesto, looking at the barriers and opportunities that technology has created to make a more flexible working life. Of course, technology is not enough and what we really need to be looking at is shifting our mindset.

The book is quite short - the Kindle version is free and the paperback is relatively cheap. Go on, have a look. See what you think.

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Proops

Compelling ideas, powerfully argued

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 February 2014

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The author presents some compelling ideas about the world of work: in particular, about how we need to move away from measuring process efficiency to the effectiveness of the end product and how flexible working will help us to achieve it.
Dave Coplin seems to argue that these changes are both inevitable and a panacea. I'm not sure that either is the case and I don't think he presents strong enough arguments to demonstrate it. But his argument is powerful and well worth reading if you're responsible for managing teams. It's fair to say -- indeed the author says it himself -- that not every idea will work for your organisation. But the book does open your mind to the idea that the way we're working is no longer fit for purpose and that there are clear ways to improve it.

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Del Singh

Dave's view on the future of business and how it will be done is inspired and a must read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2013

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Dave Coplin is one of the few people in today's world of IT who is a joy to listen to at a meeting or conference. His combination of insight into business and IT mixed with a fine sense of humour makes him as he puts it "a beardy weirdy guy" worth listening to as CEO of Microsoft - that's Chief Envisioning Officer.

Whilst much of what Dave says is just common sense and it is stuff we have all witnessed day to day at work but it is stuff we have failed to see the significance or joined the dots which he clearly has. The work smarter not harder cliché is something we all quote but we seldom do because none of wants to rail against technology in which we trust so completely.

I know for a fact that after reading Dave's book I will be reimagining how I use technology and do business as opposed to simply going on in the same way as I have since the 80's.

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Mr. Ian Caldwell

Good but could have more depth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 July 2013

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Its provocative, but could benefit from having more depth. More a manifesto than a serious work on what is an important subject.

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Mr G Yeomans

Thought provoking and well worth a read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2016

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The digital age is upon us but business is to a large degree operating as before. This book raises the question as to why that is and why we need to rethink our way of working to embrace the changes and opportunities that the digital age have given us. As the author says 'if you ask someone in your business why something is done a particular way and they answer it's always been done that way then maybe you need to look at it as there is likely to be a better way'. A very thought provoking book and well worth a read.

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This book is quite interesting and I liked reading it and think that you will too

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2015

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This book is quite interesting and I liked reading it and think that you will too!

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Peter Bell

Taylor would turn in his grave

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2013

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This is a worthwhile read for anyone running a company, leading a team or involved in management doctrine, after all we've waited more than 200 years for something to challenge Taylorism and here it is. If TQM made you weep and Six Sigma makes you want to stick your head in the oven to make the pain go away then this book will make a refreshing read.

The central notion is that the last decade of technology has put us in a situation where employees seek fulfilment as well as reward and the organisations that harness this will win out. With lots of pertinent examples to support this it makes for a thought provoking read.

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Glenn Matthews

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2016

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It was enjoyable reading about business from a different perspective, certainly got me thinking.

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Andrae August

This well documented book provides solid evidence of amongst other things- fast company growth via changes in how management allows new and different information to come in and drive positive changes.

Reviewed in Canada on 4 February 2018

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Traditional ways of conducting business have been turned on their head. This book shows not only why to 'Catch the Wave', but HOW to ride that wave into prosperity of the future!

Jaspreet

Loved this book

Reviewed in the United States on 13 December 2013

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I am not an avid reader but I really Loved this book. Very potent and relevant examples used to explain what author wants to convey.

ScienTechie

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on 4 October 2014

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Very interesting. I am inspired. This helps me in my home office computer business. Thanks.

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FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE?

Reviewed in the United States on 5 April 2014

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In the last 5 years there has been a big change in the way people work. I have often remarked that technology is leaving us behind but I have never thought to look any further. Dave Coplin opened my eyes, I love this book! I have experienced this change in the workplace first hand recently, finding a job is harder than ever. I even began to question my own skills and qualifications, it never occurred to me that there might be an underlying issue that was the problem. I encourage EVERYONE to read this book

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