{"product_id":"exploration-mindset-rodrigo-larenas-9798276636221","title":"Exploration Mindset: Lessons from Extreme Expeditions to Lead the Adoption of Technological Innovations in a Complex World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat do Shackleton trapped in Antarctic ice, a small Chilean team on the forgotten face of Everest, and a board approving an AI or ERP project have in common?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch more than it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploration Mindset\u003c\/b\u003e connects extreme expeditions with one of today's most urgent challenges for organizations: \u003cb\u003ehow to lead technological change in a world where there is no complete map\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough real stories -the Endurance and the Yelcho in Antarctica, the 1992 Chilean ascent of the Kangshung Face of Everest, and the Australia II upsetting the America's Cup from Western Australia- this book shows that the problem is not just which technologies you choose, but \u003cb\u003ethe mindset with which you decide, lead, and adopt them\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to the \u003ci\u003estandard mindset\u003c\/i\u003e, which assumes control, linear plans, and predictability, \u003cb\u003eExploration Mindset\u003c\/b\u003e proposes a different approach for complex contexts: those where AI, data platforms, automation, and autonomous machinery collide with people, culture, regulation, unions, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the \u003cb\u003eCynefin framework\u003c\/b\u003e for complexity, and on hard data from McKinsey, BCG, Standish Group, PMI and others, this book explores questions that directors and senior leaders rarely address with enough honesty: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do so many large technology projects run late, go over budget, or fail to deliver real value?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can you distinguish between 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