Table of Contents

Preface
The Warp Speed Barrier Checklist
Introduction: Warp Speed in a Nutshell
1 Warp Speed Poisoning
2 Playing the Project Game
3 Seeing the Blind Spot
4 The Rules of Warp Speed
5 Work from the Zone
6 Shift from Racing to Pacing
7 Avoid Confusion through Inclusion
8 Fulfill Both People and Project
9 Words into Actions
Index
About the Author
Working with the Author

About the Author

Barry Flicker is founder of Basic Training, a company based in the San Francisco Bay area that offers a complete curriculum of courses in management and professional development to organizations intent on keeping pace with the rapid transformations of the global economy.
He has authored texts for courses on project management, collaborative negotiating, conflict resolution, nonlinear problem solving, meeting management, and effective communication. His work helps free people from the limiting assumptions and counterproductive behavior blocking their success. The immediate applicability of this approach has made him one of the most sought-after experts in Silicon Valley and throughout the country.

Reviews

"Outstanding introduction to concepts that would otherwise remain hidden in the course of everyday work." - Colin Clover, Project Manager, Apple Computer; "A real breakthrough in managing the constant changes in business." - David Morse, Chief of Communication, NASA; "Over the course of three and a half years this program has successfully enabled us to blend the demands of those committed to unfettered creative flare and flexibility with those demanding systematic accountability for results. It has helped us maintain momentum, schedules, and - in this incredibly fast paced business - sanity!" - Jerry Hunt, Education & Organization Development Manager, HAL Computer Systems