The Book

Hot Spots – Why some teams, workplaces and organisations buzz with energy – and others don’t.

You always know when you’re in a Hot Spot. You feel energized and alive. Your brain is buzzing with ideas and the people around you share your excitement. These are times when your and your colleagues’ thinking becomes clearer, when adding value becomes more possible. Times when ideas and insights from others combine with your own in a process of synthesis to produce eureka moments, ground breaking ideas and innovations.

We can all remember being in Hot Spots when working with other people was never more exhilarating and when you knew that what you were achieving was important and purposeful. We thrive in Hot Sots and are healthier, happier people as a result. Hot Spots can be discovered in teams, at department away days, in meeting rooms or factories, at conferences or by the water cooler – any place where people work together in exceptionally creative and collaborative ways.

• Why and when do Hot Spots emerge?
• How can leaders create environments which nurture and support Hot Spots?
• Why do some Hot Spots flourish while others fail?

Drawing on her work with leading organisations including Nokia, Goldman Sachs, Reuters and BP, Lynda Gratton explores the organisational and operational processes they’ve put in place to help ignite Hot Spots – and realize their competitive potential. She shares the principles for enabling Hot Spots to emerge and flourish.

Download Chapter 1 of the book here.

There is something here and we all need to listen especially today!