TY - BOOK AU - Fern,Maxime AU - Johnstone,Michael TI - Provocation as leadership: : a roadmap for adaptation and change SN - 9781032342535 U1 - 658.4092 PY - 2023/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Leadership KW - Organizational change N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-243) and index; Part 1. What is provocation and why is it necessary?; What is provocation?; Part 2. Provocative capabilities and skills; Observation, interpretation, and questioning - foundation skills for provocation; Provocative capabilities; Developing a provocative mindset; Part 3. Types of provocation; Paradox, contradiction, and ambiguity as provocation; Stories as provocation; Unique forms of provocation; Part 4. Application—practicing provocation; Paradigm change—breaking with tradition in agriculture; Survival—Kibbutz Yizrael and the evolution of an ideology; Smashing it to bits—risky tactics to change first nations' education; Living with contradictions—M&T bank and the transformation battle; Confounding expectations—how a public sector business behaved like a start-up; Orchestrating conflict : large scale reform; Putting your head above the parapet—taking risks and speaking out; Testing your values—life transitions as personal provocation; Part 5. Risks and lessons of provocation; Risks of provocation; Cultivating provocation—helping people live with disturbance; Lessons in the use of provocation; Epilogue—The albatross and the conductor ER -