In the era of the knowledge economy, there are just two types of organizations... the quick and the dying In a world where the shelf-life of knowledge is approaching that of a banana, the path to organizational success has changed. In the Old West, they used to say that there were just two kinds of people - the quick and the dead. In the era of the knowledge economy the phrase might well be that there are just two types of organizations, the quick and the dying. The quick are embracing new ways of managing and leading while the dying are hanging on for dear life to the ways that brought them success in the past. This book is a leader's guide for the building of a high-performance culture In it you will discover: how to get your people working together for the good of the whole how to build a work environment that maximizes your people's desire to contribute how to enrich your people and your bottom line through the joy of work How people work together, how they interact, goes to the heart of what organizational culture is all about. Culture, a culture that facilitates the ongoing creation of new knowledge, a culture that gets people building and creating together, has become today's competitive advantage."