Red, White and Radical

Here is that rare management book - original, engaging, and thought-provoking. Combining travelogue, history, and psychology, among other ingredients, Warrick Harniess provides a cleverly distilled analysis of how a particular kind of conservatism has triumphed in the USA. Even more significantly, he explains what this means for change management in organisations. - Michael Keaney, Senior Lecturer, Metropolia Business School, Finland This book is much more than a recipe for organizational change. Warrick Harniess dissects the last 50 years of American politics like a surgeon, offering the reader invaluable lessons and a practical roadmap to successfully lead complex organizational transformations. His back to the future narrative will soon be used by many corporations focused on recovering from this pandemic era. Red, White and Radical is already one of the best management books of the decade. - Marcos Gorgojo, Director of Faculty, Headspring, by Financial Times & IE Business School Understanding culture matters if we want effectively to influence it. This book uses contemporary vignettes to tell a story of the tensions between culture and conservatism in the US. It is timely. We are probably living through a technologically propelled revolution. Traditional societal organisational models and modus operandi have broken down and geo-political boundaries shattered. Relationships between the State, the organisation and the individual have been caught up in the backwash, without a tested map to follow. This innovative narrative stimulates thought and possible new approaches based upon historic evidence. I enjoyed the read and it has made me reflect in a way, and on issues, that hitherto I hadn't. - Professor Chris Birch, University of Greenwich, UK Red, White and Radical is a highly original take on American history, politics, culture and the findings of social psychology to illuminate how instigators of corporate change can increase their effectiveness. Utterly engrossing and required reading for business academics and executives alike. - David Molian, Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management and Thought Leader, Criticaleye Warrick is a natural storyteller. Red, White and Radical is a fast-paced, informative and entertaining read which takes us on a journey through recent American history, interweaving political, cultural and business themes whilst drawing well-informed conclusions for successfully leading transformational change programmes. An engrossing and entertaining manual for change leaders and anyone interested in making sense of today's American politics. - Angus Blackwood, Managing Director at The Hawk Media Partnership There is no mundane, step-based, linear change process in this book. The dazzling shifts in thinking and incessant imagination underpinning deep research into American cultural history rewards the reader with a set of change tactics that can underpin the type of radical organisational transformation necessary in the digital era. - Dr. Richard Claydon, CEO roundPegz, and Lecturer in Leadership, Macquarie Business Schools Global MBA, Australia Red, White and Radical works very well as an examination of the complexities of human behaviour and the challenges of organisational change. Harniess draws fascinating case study parallels with the rise of political conservatism and the resultant challenges and successes of organisational change initiatives. The book offers change agents and organisation leaders a new perspective that I am unaware has been presented before. - Roma Bhowmick, Business Strategy and Organisational Change Consultant