How

Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything

By: Dov Seidman, Dov Seidman - introduction, Dov Seidman - preface

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Business ethics and behavior expert Dov Seidman’s New York Times bestseller How: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything, is now available on audio in its new expanded edition.

The flood of information, unprecedented transparency, increasing interconnectedness—and our global interdependence—are dramatically reshaping today’s world, the world of business, and our lives. We are in the Era of Behavior and the rules of the game have fundamentally changed. It is no longer what you do that matters most and sets you apart from others, but how you do what you do. “Whats” are commodities, easily duplicated or reverse-engineered. Sustainable advantage and enduring success for organizations and the people who work for them now lie in the realm of how, the new frontier of conduct.
For almost two decades, Dov Seidman’s pioneering organization, LRN, has helped some of the world’s most respected companies build “do it right,” winning cultures and inspire principled performance throughout their organizations. Seidman’s distinct vision of the world, business, and human endeavor has helped enable more than 15 million people doing business in more than 120 countries to outbehave the competition. In HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything, Dov Seidman shares his unique approach with you. Now updated and expanded, How includes a new preface from Dov Seidman on why how we behave, lead, govern, operate, consume, engender trust in our relationships, and relate to others matters more than ever and in ways it never has before.
Through entertaining anecdotes, surprising case studies, cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, and revealing interviews with a diverse group of leaders, business executives, experts, and everyday people on the front lines, this book explores how we think, how we behave, how we lead, and how we govern our institutions and ourselves to uncover the values-inspired “hows” of twenty-first-century success and significance.

Needs Editing

While I enjoyed the core message of this book, the presentation of that message was muddy and at times rambling. The several now-dated examples (predicting the future, from ~2006) didn't help. I would love a revised or abridged version.

How Matters

It was good enough that I listened to it twice. Brings understand to why corporate America can be such a struggle. Excellent narrator!

Values Values Values

Great book on how we can be better business owners and people. Values aare so inportant the author goes deep and tells many stories to support his argument. I agree that we get caught up in the what and forget about the how and the power it has. Add it to your book list for creating a great organization.

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to every leader. How presents the key differentiator in the emerging economy.

What was one of the most memorable moments of How: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything?

One of the big take-aways for me was the ideas that societies are progression along a continuum from lawlessness - blind obedience- informed acquiescence-generative/self governance.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite example was that of General Electric's highest performing factory in Durham, NC.

WOW

HOW can you afford not to read this book?

How you do, what you do, for the why you do it!