Chief Culture Officer: How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
By (Author) Grant McCracken
Basic Books
Basic Books
10th May 2011
United States
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Management and management techniques
Cultural studies
658.4012
Paperback
272
Width 204mm, Height 139mm, Spine 19mm
258g
The American corporationdeaf and blind to the world around itneeds a new professional. It needs a Chief Culture Officer. Grant McCracken, an anthropologist who now trains some of the worlds biggest companies and consulting firms, argues that the CCO would keep a finger on the pulse of contemporary cultural trends while developing a systematic understanding of the deep waves of culture in America and the world. The CCO would be the corporations eyes and ears, allowing it to detect coming changes, even when they exist only as the weakest of signals. Trenchantly on point and bursting with insight and character, Chief Culture Officer is sure to expand your horizonsand your business.
Grant McCracken is a Research Affiliate at C3 at MIT. He earned his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Chicago and was the founding director of the Institute of Contemporary Culture. He has written nine academic books, and his work has been covered by Oprah, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, and BusinessWeek. He lives in Rowayton, Connecticut.