Move Fast and Fix Things

<p><b>Bestselling authors and cohosts of the TED podcast <i>Fixable</i> Frances Frei and Anne Morriss reinvent the playbook for how to lead change—with a radical approach that moves fast builds trust and accelerates excellence.</b></p><p>Speed has gotten a bad name in business much of it deserved. When Facebook made &#34;Move fast and break things&#34; an informal company motto it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people one or the other. A certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to pay for inventing the future.</p><p>Leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that this belief is deeply flawed—and that it keeps you from building a great company. Helping executives and entrepreneurs solve their toughest problems over the past decade Frei and Morriss learned that the trade-off between speed and excellence is <i>false</i>. The best change leaders solve hard problems with fierce urgency while making their organizations—employees customers and shareholders—even stronger. <i>They move fast and fix things</i>.</p><p>Based on their work with fast-moving companies such as Uber Riot Games and ServiceNow Frei and Morriss reveal the five essential steps to moving fast and fixing things. You'll learn to:</p><ul><li>Identify the real problem holding you back</li><li>Build and rebuild trust in your company</li><li>Create a culture where everyone can thrive</li><li>Communicate powerfully as a leader</li><li>Go fast by empowering your team</li></ul><p></p><p>With a one-week plan to fix your problems on a fast cycle time of one step per &#34;day&#34; this book is your guide to maximizing impact and reinventing your approach to change. By the end of the week you won't just have a road map for solving your company's toughest problems—you'll already be well on your way improving your company at exhilarating speed.</p> <p><b>Frances Frei</b> is a professor at Harvard Business School. She served as Uber's first Senior Vice President of Leadership and Strategy helping the company navigate its crisis in leadership and culture. Frei regularly works with companies embarking on large-scale organizational transformation. Her TED talk on the topic of building trust has had over six million views.</p><p><b>Anne Morriss</b> is an entrepreneur leadership coach and founder of the Leadership Consortium a first-of-its-kind leadership accelerator that works to help emerging leaders thrive. Her collaborators have ranged from early-stage tech founders to <i>Fortune</i> 50 executives to public-sector leaders building national competitiveness.</p><p>Frei and Morriss are coauthors of the bestselling books <i>Uncommon Service</i> and <i>Unleashed</i> and cohosts of the TED podcast <i>Fixable</i> which helps listeners solve their toughest work problems. They have been recognized by Thinkers50 as among the world's most influential business thinkers.</p><p>Connect with Frances Frei on LinkedIn and Twitter and at hbs.edu and TED. Connect with Anne Morriss at on LinkedIn and Twitter and at Thinkers50.com.</p> <p>Bestselling authors Frances Frei and Anne Morriss in their bestselling book <i>Unleashed</i> offered a bold new definition of leadership based on the principle of empowering others. Now with their new book <i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> they show readers how to apply the full force of empowerment leadership to the most pressing problems in your organization—any issue related to culture people strategy—to achieve results in record time. Based on their popular TED podcast <i>Fixable</i> Frei and Morriss reinvent how to lead change—a &#34;move fast and fix things&#34; approach grounded in their deep experience with companies large and small that even the toughest problems are fixable and that meaningful change happens quickly.</p><ul><li>Shows how leaders at any level can have an impact creating meaningful solutions to complex problems—fast.</li><li>Provides an actionable framework of the five practices—that can be implemented immediately starting today—that the best leaders apply to accelerate change achieve faster results and strengthen their organizations.</li><li>Demonstrates how to implement the five practices through the course of a hypothetical week—showing readers how to apply each of the five practices in sequence one per day Monday thru Friday—providing leaders with a detailed plan and immediately actionable advice for how to &#34;move fast and fix things.&#34;</li><li>Makes the ideas come alive through powerful examples (big organizational messes that got solved fast) and dynamic interview subjects (Bozoma St. John).</li><li>Written in the authors' characteristic &#34;straight talk&#34; voice that their fans adore.</li><li>Packed with practical guidance for your own personal leadership journey with the behaviors and mindsets you can adopt to make meaningful change happen <i>quickly</i>.</li></ul><p></p><p>Audience:</p><ul><li>Leaders and aspiring leaders at any level of the organization.</li><li>Fans of Frances Frei's and Anne Morriss’s TED Podcast <i>Fixable</i>.</li><li>Fans of Frances Frei's and Anne Morriss’s Netflix series <i>Fixable</i> with America's Leadership Doctors Frances Frei and Anne Morriss.</li><li>Fans of Frances Frei's TED Talk <i>How to Build and Rebuild Trust</i>.</li><li>Fans of France Frei's LinkedIn Leadership course.</li><li>Fans of France Frei's and Anne Morriss's Clubhouse.</li><li>Consumers of popular leadership books and content by Simon Sinek Adam Grant Sheryl Sandberg Daniel Goleman.</li><li>HR professionals DEI experts and organizational consultants.</li><li>Frei and Morris's direct contacts.</li></ul><p></p> <p><b>Named one of &#34;10 Audiobooks That Bring Out Your Fearless Inner Leader&#34; by <i>Inc.</i> magazine</b></p><p>&#34;simple elegant and applicable&#34; — <b><i>TD</i> magazine (Association for Talent Development)</b></p><p><b>Named one of the Ten Best Business Books of 2023 by <i>Forbes</i></b></p><p><b>Named one of the Top Leadership and Strategy Books of 2023 by Porchlight Books</b></p><p>&#34;Publishers release books on change management topics every year. <i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> stands out for being concise practical comprehensive and optimistic. Frei and Morriss enliven the material by speaking to the reader directly and including wit and humor throughout the book.&#34; — <b><i>The CEO Magazine</i></b></p><p>&#34;<i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> is one of those gems in the business/leadership category that has something for everyone who wants an approach to discovering and solving office problems. It is also an enjoyable read!&#34; — <b><i>Kiplinger's Personal Finance</i></b></p><p>Advance Praise for <b><i>Move Fast and Fix Things</i></b>:</p><p>&#34;Frances Frei and Anne Morriss are the real deal and offer a fresh new take on the most important leadership challenges of our time: making big change happen building organizations where everyone can rise and solving hard problems when the clock is ticking . . . loudly.&#34; — <b>Tyra Banks supermodel turned entrepreneur; founder SMiZE &amp; DREAM</b></p><p>&#34;This hands-on playbook shows readers how to accelerate change and transform organizations while also nurturing a culture of trust inclusivity and collaborative problem-solving. It's an essential resource for any leader looking for the inspiration and tools to lead their team to new levels of excellence.&#34; — <b>Kathleen Hogan Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Microsoft</b></p><p>&#34;In <i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> Frei and Morriss have given us a masterpiece on trust leadership and business. This is required reading for anyone who wants to build audacious high-performance cultures.&#34; — <b>Bill McDermott Chairman and CEO ServiceNow</b></p><p>&#34;Speed wins but only if you pair it with strategy trust and respect for everyone on the court. Frei and Morriss have generously shared the road map for how to move fast while also excelling as teams and organizations.&#34; — <b>Nadia Rawlinson Operating Chairman Chicago Sky (WNBA)</b></p><p>&#34;<i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> invites us into a conversation all leaders should be having: how to create the conditions where people can truly sustainably thrive.&#34; — <b>Becky Schmitt Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer PepsiCo</b></p><p>&#34;Frances Frei and Anne Morriss have produced a fun super-practical step-by-step guide to leading lasting change at speed.&#34; — <b>Hubert Joly Senior Lecturer Harvard Business School; former Chairman and CEO Best Buy; and author <i>The Heart of Business</i></b></p><p>&#34;With <i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> Frei and Morriss have done the unthinkable: they've written a book that will make you look forward to Mondays.&#34; — <b>Meena Harris founder and CEO Phenomenal Media</b></p><p>&#34;The Frei/Morriss team has delivered again! <i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> is a remarkable insightful book that will help you accelerate change inside your organization while simultaneously building trust and unleashing the potential of your people. I highly recommend this leadership masterpiece.&#34; — <b>Stephen M. R. Covey bestselling author <i>The Speed of Trust</i></b></p><p>&#34;Frei and Morriss have rewritten the playbook for change. Toss out The 8 Steps forget the 7-S Framework and get ready to discover the fastest path to renewing your organization. With a clear plan for how to spend your Monday through Friday they make it easy to keep it all straight. But what matters most is that you start <i>today</i>. Full of engaging stories and unexpected insight <i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> will not disappoint the growing number of fans of this amazing duo.&#34; — <b>Amy C. Edmondson Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management Harvard Business School; author <i>Right Kind of Wrong</i></b></p><p>&#34;Frei and Morriss are masters of positive organizational change and <i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> is a practical guide to doing just that. It's hard to find accessible easy-to-apply advice on leading change and I couldn't recommend the book more. A great companion to <i>Unleashed</i>.” — <b>Claire Hughes Johnson former Chief Operating Officer and current Corporate Officer and Adviser Stripe</b></p><p>&#34;Frei and Morriss's values of 'trust' and 'moving fast' are critical in any thriving environment. Their advice is invaluable to anyone trying to make an impact at work.&#34; — <b>Marc Lore serial entrepreneur; founder Chairman and CEO Wonder</b></p><p>&#34;<i>Move Fast &amp; Fix Things</i> unlocks the secret to leading change that lasts without sacrificing speed. This revolutionary guide equips leaders with the tools to solve their toughest problems create a high-performance culture and communicate powerfully—all while maintaining an exhilarating speed.&#34; — <b>Sarah Pfuhl New York–based Global General Counsel for Litigation Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations</b></p><p>&#34;Frei and Morriss have a habit of blowing your mind with the most strategic insights while giving you practical tangible ideas you can use in tomorrow's staff meeting. I give this book to everyone in my life who's trying to build organizations that will not only endure but also flourish and prosper in a future defined by speed uncertainty and limitless possibility.&#34; — <b>Dara Treseder Chief Marketing Officer Autodesk</b></p> <p><b>Bestselling authors and cohosts of the TED podcast <i>Fixable</i> Frances Frei and Anne Morriss reinvent the playbook for how to lead change—with a radical approach that moves fast builds trust and accelerates excellence.</b></p><p>Speed has gotten a bad name in business much of it deserved. When Facebook made &#34;Move fast and break things&#34; an informal company motto it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people one or the other. That a certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to pay for inventing the future.</p><p>Leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that this belief is deeply flawed—and that it keeps you from building a great company. Helping executives and entrepreneurs solve their toughest problems over the past decade Frei and Morriss learned that the trade-off between speed and excellence is false. The best leaders solve hard problems with fierce urgency while making their organizations—employees customers and shareholders—even stronger. <i>They move fast and fix things</i>.</p><p>Based on their work with fast-moving companies such as Uber Riot Games and WeWork Frei and Morriss reveal the five essential steps to moving fast and fixing things. You'll learn to:</p><ul><li>Identify the real problem holding you back</li><li>Build and rebuild trust in your company</li><li>Create a culture where everyone can thrive</li><li>Communicate powerfully as a leader</li><li>Go fast by empowering your team</li></ul><p></p><p>With a one-week plan to fix your problems on a fast cycle time of one step per day this book is your guide to maximizing impact and reinventing your approach to change. By the end of the week you won't just have a road map for solving your company's toughest problems—you'll already be well on your way improving your company at exhilarating speed.</p>